Easy come easy go?

[uberreiniger]

Anyone else besides me notice that 9/11 this year came and went almost completely unnoticed? I guess losing a few buildings just doesn't compare with losing an entire city. I'm sure I sound cynical, but I'm not. Just observing. Honestly, given how fickle humans are and how quickly they forget I'm honestly amazed 9/11 was observed with such intensity for as long as it was. On the other hand, it's a bit depressing how time flies as I can still remember everything about that morning back in 2001 very clearly and it still doesn't seem that long ago. 2001 was a year of huge transitions in my life anyway and 9/11 was just a sort of climax in the musical score that drove the point of it all home. Anyway, just a random observation, nothing more.

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[rustie25.livejournal.com]

CNN showed footage from the memorial service at Ground Zero, the freedom march in D.C. and the service in Pennsylvania. And there are a bunch of NYPD and Fire Dept people in NO, and they had their own ceremony. That was also mentioned on CNN. It took about 5 minutes away from the Katrina focus.
I think about it every 9/11, and still get tears in my eyes when they talk about it. I don't think much about Pearl Harbor, but I know my mom does, as she was alive at that time. I think its sad that there isn't more done, but I think this was just "year 4" which is far enough away to settle down on the ceremonies, but not one of the "big" anniversarys, like 5, 10, 20, etc years. We will see a resurgence of memories on the big anniversaries.
I still go back to how I felt after 9/11, and even as a kid after the Challenger exploded, and really how I feel now...the News shows SO much of it, that it gets overwhelming. Sometimes its better if the media just moves on. Maybe it's a good sign that 5 minutes on the ceremonies for 9/11 is all they showed.

[uberreiniger.livejournal.com]

I don't get overwhelmed by the media coverage the way so many people seem to. I'm the one still watching the media long after everyone else has gotten sick of it. I'm weird that way.

I still remember Challenger very well too and 9/11 is a day I can remember every single thing I did and the order in which I did it. There aren't many days like that. And it's a memory I don't want to lose.