Comments on: The Towers of Remembrance http://www.ncobrief.com/index.php/archives/the-towers-of-remembrance/ Military Musings and Thoughts Less Filtered Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:43:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: B. Durbin http://www.ncobrief.com/index.php/archives/the-towers-of-remembrance/#comment-107493 B. Durbin Tue, 12 Sep 2006 01:56:38 +0000 http://www.sgtstryker.com/index.php/archives/the-towers-of-remembrance/#comment-107493 Looking back on it, I think the most interesting part of my reaction is the lack of real surprise. Shock, yes, and a complete acceptance of the horror, but within an hour of getting the news (by word of mouth; I was on my way to work when I heard and did my full shift before getting anywhere near a broadcast), I’d thought through many of the implications and tried to discuss them with my co-workers— many of whom were still in the schocked denial phase, unable to believe what was happening.

I didn’t have any idea what was going to happen, or that it would— and yet, for some reason, I was not surprised. Nor particularly scared, for that matter. The only thing I can think is that as long as I can remember, I have known that there is evil in the world, so September 11th was just a chance for it to show its face a little more clearly.

Vaya con Dios, you whose lives we commemorate. Walk with God.

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