On this day seven years ago terrorists attacked our nation, killing nearly 3000 people. To reflect on this I'd like to quote a post I made on a robotics forum I am a member of. "I was in the 6th grade back in St. Louis, MO. I remember a parent coming into our history class and talking to the teacher for over 30 minutes, which was odd because our teacher hated interruptions. Anyway she didn't tell us anything, but I found out in Spanish what had happened. We were all terrified at what had happened, and when I got home me and my mom just watched CNN for hours. And Mr. Linn, I never had the honor of meeting Karl, but I have heard nothing but great things about him. It was and honor to serve as the president of the team he helped co-found and it was also an extreme honor to receive the scholarship set up in his memory. I for one will never forget the sacrifice he made for our country." The Mr. Linn I reference there is the father of Karl Linn, a James River High School graduate and a co-founder of the James River High School Robotics team. Karl was killed in Iraq in 2005 while serving in the Marines. Unfortunately this occurred before I had even moved to Virginia and even joined the Robotics team. So I took the position of president, a roll which he once held, with honor last year. I was then extremely honored to be presented with the scholarship created in his memory at the senior awards assembly.
This day brings about feelings of great tragedy, but many others forget to realize that they should also celebrate the sacrifice of the heroes on that day: the passengers on flight 93 who fought the terrorists to keep them from attacking their target, the firefighters and police officers who risked and lost their lives to save others, and finally all of the volunteers who risked their health and safety to begin clearing the rubble searching for survivors. So I'd like to think of today, not as a day of celebration, not as a day of tragedy, but a day of remembrance and reflection of the events of September 11th, 2001.
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