Before 9/11 we were living a carefree lifestyle. We traveled to and from without worrying about terrorist hitting us. We did all the things that we liked to do without thinking that one day we too could be like Israel or one of those other countries that get terrorist acts all the time. We were at our most vulnerable on that most horrific day.
             I remember being able to go to the airport, check in your bags in about 10-15 minutes, and run to your gate with just a few minutes to spare. We used to be able to come to work and think that it would just be another day filled with the things that we did everyday. We did not have FBI agents breathing down our necks, barriers at the gates, or long 2 hour lines at the airports. We thought that we were safe for the most part. The economy was doing well because we had jobs and a sense of security.
             However, on the horrific day, September 11, 2001, the life that we knew came to an end. Although, we have tried to put some normalcy back into our lives, it just has not been the same. I remember exactly what I was doing on that date. It was fall time and my unit was preparing for NTC in California. My wife and I had taken our children to their grandparents a month prior and she had already deployed to NTC as apart of the advance party. I was at home and getting up to start another day of moving vehicles to the railhead so that we could depart for NTC the following week. When I awoke, I turned on the television to see what was on the news. To my surprise there was a building on fire on the news. I was not aware at the time that it was the World Trade Center. As I watched in awe, an airplane plowed into the second tower and I thought, what was wrong with that pilot. I know that he saw that huge building especially with the one next to it burning. As I continue to watch, reports came across the screen that the Pentagon had been hit and that another airplane had been crashed landed in Pennsylvannia. Th...