9/11 10 years after

Today is a day for rememberance. Even though I'm not American it seems to me like the attack on 9/11 was an attack of the world. Nothing has really been the same since. Just look at all the extra precautions that followed especially when you're flying somewhere.

I remember coming home from work around 3PM and as usually I turned on the TV. There was an extra broadcast on SVT saying that a plane had crashed into WTC twin tower. I switched to CNN for live coverage and I saw the devestation and realized that this must be a bit more than a small plane. I didn't even think that thought ready before I see the second plane crasch into the other tower and I just gasped. What is happening I thought. Then I heard the reporter saying that yet another plane had crashed into Pentagon and there were talk about more planes.
I wondered if the whole world had gone mad. What is happening? Are they attacking more countries? I just sat there in front of the TV wanting to see more of what was happening.
My husband Hasse was at work and I called him and said: Have you seen what's happening in NY? He was then teacher at the Fire Acadamy at Arlanda airport and they did have the broadcast on widescreen.
That night when the whole family was gathered we talked about what was happening and we saw the news over and over again.

The world changed that day and it will never be as it was before :-(

A couple of years after 9/11 (I was working at the Fire and Rescue Services college at Rosersberg) we had a visit from one of the Firechiefs of New York at that time. His story was horrible, touching and very emotional. It was hard not to cry when he told us, firsthand, about what had happened. How he lost his best friend and lots of his work mates. The things he saw that no one should have to see. The photos he showed, how they attacked the whole thing and how they sat up rescuepoints. It became even more close to me hearing him.

 To all innocent who died that day and especially all who gave their lives trying to save others - R.I.P.