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Thursday, September 11, 2008
Seven years later, Sept. 11 memory still fresh
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I’d just walked into the office . TV news had broken about the first plane’s crash into one of the World Trade Center Towers. Minutes later, when it was clear there’d been a terrorist hijacking, an editor sent me out to get reaction.
I interviewed a group of World War II vets who often had breakfast at what used to be Roy’s Classic Diner in Norcross.
“You can’t stop them,” said Marty Freedman, referring to the enemy. “You have to eliminate them.”
Our country changed drastically after terrorism hit home. A phrase was coined to reflect the new mood and attitude of America, its people, government, and world status.
The “new normal.”
Here we are seven years later, on the anniversary of that awful day. No one will forget what took place.
Do you remember what you were doing and where you were when you first heard the news?
Now fast forward to today, 2008.
How do you reflect when the anniversary rolls around? Is it just another day? Or something else?
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