9.11 as it happened... yes quite graphical

but instructive on certain things

We really need to have junior tested for brain function

He COULD speak in full sentences that day... not his usual gawfaws...

And it is interesting to see this (keep the kids out, graphic)... since we can tell how we got from here to there

Oh there was a world wide caution because of the middle east... interesting... this was revealed on 9.11

I'm most struck by the hindsight of losing our civil rights and the destruction of our Constitution. This was the tipping point that brought us to where we are now. The news coverage was so "back in the day" when I could trust the MSM to at least report, observe and even comment on events with a modicum of believability. And now, that even seems like puppet theatre.

I want to spit. I want to puke. I would cry, but I'm too dehydrated by the arrogance and folly that had unfolded over these past seven years.

I say this as a New Yorker that watched it all from my TV and the rooftop of my building in Long Island City. I was up and down the steps all day. Little did I know then that I saw more than my skyline collapse. As the days evolved, I found that I actually had met people who lost their lives that day. And even more so, I knew people that lost their loved ones.

I try not to make a big deal out of these anniversaries, especially when it comes to the media. I so distrust it/them more than ever. As creepy as tonight’s MSNBC’s replay of “how they covered it” was, there are at least two things that are sure get my attention and snatch me back to 9/11/01.

Tonight, it was the twin beams shooting up from the WTC site through the partial cloud cover. This was not the first time for that at all, but it always reminds me of the skyline I lost that day and everybody that lost their lives. I know that is a self-centered reflection, but it really doesn't stop there.

What gets me every time is what I call 9/11 blue. I’ve yet to see it this month, but I know it is coming. I’m talking about the sky that day. It was a beautiful day. There were little if no clouds and the sky was so deep blue and crisp. It was a glorious day I might have missed altogether as I was unemployed and freaked out about finding gainful employment. The depression/sleep cycle of staying up late had finally progressed to an awakening that morning in 2001.

That sky is my gut lens on 9/11. Whenever it appears I am immediately reminded of what we lost that day and beyond.