[mooby]

I was in 7th grade at the time and when it happened a teacher came in and said a plane had crashed into the first tower, and my immediate thinking was, oh, it must've been an accident or something. I didn't really believe that people would go to such lengths to attack our country, but that thinking was just a product of being young and naive at the time. It began to sink in that it was a much more serious and life altering situation after watching the reports on tv, and when my mom drove us past the Pentagon on our way into DC a couple weeks later. I saw the hole in the side and I just felt stunned, like I couldn't believe something so horrible could happen so close to home.

The only way we need to honor the memories of the people that died that day are to remember the price we paid for being lax on security, and to remember their contributions to society and the impact they had on everyone around them. To be completely honest, I was a little underwhelmed with the events they had planned at today's game, namely having the families of people who died on 9/11 just come out and hold the flag while it covered the field. I thought they would do a little more than that, they barely got any coverage since everyone was watching Ne-Yo sing the National Anthem. The NFL shared center stage today with the ceremonies and everything and they could've done more.