Taking A Moment On 9/11

Today would have been just any other day when I woke up, but it wasn’t. I was awaken by tweets and facebook status giving remembrance to the fallen soldiers, policemen, and fireman. Some talked about how brave those were who gave their lives, others said that they were the definition of what a true hero is. Now don’t get me wrong what they were saying was both remarkable and kind but it didn’t hit me hard or take it to the heart. I pondered over this all day I couldn’t put my finger on why. Now when I got home today I didn’t have too much homework so I was able to watch some of the reruns of Sportscenter, I was lucky enough to catch one of the storylines they were showing since today was 9/11. It was a young man who as a teenager would spend time as a volunteer at the fire station. To get to the point of the story the young man was working in the south tower on September 11, 2001 and when the second plane hit, chaos erupted but it moment of terror he took charge and guided everyone to the down the stairs from the 78^th floor to the 46^th floor where they met up with firefighters. Although instead of going down with the survivors and fireman he did the unthinkable, he went back up to the 78^th floor to rescue more people that were stranded and wounded. And like before he went up and brought them back to down to the care of fireman. Unfortunately he went up a third time but did not return for that the south tower had finally fallen. This story him me hard, it even make me tear up but it really showed me why this sad day is important to our country. It shows that even in the wake of our most tragic moment we have people that who shine and rise up to do what is right even if it means risking it all.