September 11
Seven years ago, I was on my way home from visiting my brother in N.C. It is a long ride so I was about 6 hours in Indiana. I had left about 5:00 a.m. I was driving on the Chicago Sky way when I heard the radio announcer say that a plane had crashed into one of the towers. I was thinking it was probably a small plane. Then the announcer says, “We can see on the T.V. that its a jetliner”. About that same time, the second one hit. I started crying and praying because we all knew it had to be a terrorist attack. As I was driving on the Kennedy, the reporters were saying they are going to evacuate the Sears Tower. Right about that time, I was driving right past there and traffic was bumper to bumper already. I kept on driving.
Should I go my home or continue my trip to my daughter’s in Wisconsin? I drove on to Wisconsin where my daughter, her pastor and other members of her church had all gathered for prayer for the people that had died. And they prayed for what was going to happen in the next hours and days.
Today it has been seven years and the announcers on my radio station played back the same morning’s events and the sadness overwhelmed me again. It is hard to remember all the families that have suffered and we have gone on as before. The remembrance today on TV has been very beautiful, but would have been much better if it had not happened. I hope we would all hold our loved ones close and be truly aware of what’s happening around us and not take our safety and security for granted. We are at the turning point of a historical election and we need to seek God’s help on how to select the right person. We need to be praying dailiy for guidance in these dangerous times. I was 5 or 6 when my Dad was called up one Sunday in 1942 when the Japanese invaded Pearl Harbor. I have had experience in what these times mean. So in ending I will say, God Bless America.
