We Cannot Afford to Forget: Lessons of 9/11 and the America of 9/12

By: Tony Hathcock

Today, we remember.

To most who were living, it would be difficult to forget. Most who were alive on September 11th, 2001, will never forget where they were when terrorists took a cheap shot—too cowardly to strike a military target, they went after civilians and children going about a completely normal September day.

I was on a hike with a friend who was passing through from out of town. She had stayed in Birmingham the night prior and left out early in the morning so that we could do a quick sunrise hike and breakfast before she continued out west. When I got home, I turned on the television, only half paying attention to the screen. The second tower had been struck, but both were still standing, and

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