Thinking about that day...

The responsibility that now lies before this nation is a far different one, for we are the entrusted with the memories of those who perished. It is our responsibility to return to the most sensitive of memories, the raw emotion that will be forever associated with the terror of that fateful day. Though it may be a nearly unbearable pain to come face to face with these recollections, it must be done. It must be done in order to enshrine the most valuable of what was taken from us, for we must remember in a way that future generations will never be able to. In the years since September 11th we have begun to cope with what occurred on that day, to come to terms on some level with the seeming unreality of the situation. But it is important that on this day of remembrance that we revisit loss, recall emotion, and vow never to let the memory of those departed fade.
-9/11