nine eleven

“Time is passing. Yet, for the United States of America,
there will be no forgetting September the 11th.
We will remember every rescuer who died in honor.
We will remember every family that lives in grief.
We will remember the fire and ash, the last phone calls,
the funerals of the children.”
–George W. Bush

It is on only the rarest of occasions that I quote him.

I don't usually fancy myself as a New Yorker, but every September 11 since 2005, I have found myself grow increasingly attached to this land of sky scrapers and man-made parks. 9/11 showed us the duality of human nature: we are capable of the most heinous of acts, and yet also capable of such humanity and compassion as that which we saw on the day those planes hit the twin towers.