[Dean's World] Kevin D.: How It All Comes Back...

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Posted by Kevin D.:
How It All Comes Back...
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   I just finished watching United 93 and I'm amazed how the feelings of
   anguish and anger I felt over the 9/11 attacks all came rushing back.
   It was like I was watching the event live all over. I didn't actually
   shed a tear over 9/11 until the Olympics a few months later. I
   remember the torn and tattered American flag being walked into the
   Olympic stadium and I was just overwhelmed. I had to let it out.

   And now, writing this here, my eyes are welling like they were then.
   It's like a wound reopened but the pain makes me even more sure, under
   the leadership of President Bush, we're on the right path. Like
   walking any path there will be missteps and the occasional stumble but
   still we must walk.

   With the looming '08 election I wonder how fresh the memories of 9/11
   really are. Has the pain and horror been buried under partisan
   bickering? Now, I'm not encouraging people to make a decision solely
   on emotion. But, I think, sometimes we need to relive, if you will,
   the hurt, feel it again, to remember why we walk this path in the
   first place. It's easy enough to realize that the road we're on cannot
   be turned away from now at this juncture in history. I think that
   because we realize we must stay the course we sometimes forget why we
   plotted the course in the first place.

   Sure, we can point at the date of September 11, 2001 and say 'This is
   why!' but, and I'm speaking for myself here, I think the pain has
   faded and I'm pointing at that date as I'd point to the Pearl Harbor
   attacks as reason for us entering into World War 2. The historical
   facts are accurate but the horror of that day in unknown to me.

   The horror and pain of 9/11 faded for me these past years. The film
   United 93 reminded me how much I still hurt and how angry I still
   remain.

   I am renewed in my vigor to see the right things done to ensure that
   horrific day never sees a repeat on American soil in my lifetime. For
   that I am grateful.