{"id":30364,"date":"2012-09-11T08:00:05","date_gmt":"2012-09-11T13:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=30364"},"modified":"2012-09-11T11:37:24","modified_gmt":"2012-09-11T16:37:24","slug":"30364","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=30364","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"I think everyone, from coast to coast, remembers what a notably gorgeous morning it was.  I don't remember a cloud in the sky in anyone's remembrance of the day - anywhere. \" src=\"http:\/\/www.fk21.co.uk\/images\/hi\/killin_winter_bluesky_vert.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"I stopped at the corner coffee shop after I'd gotten the kids on the bus.  I needed it bad.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.solo-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/coffee-to-go.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"210\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"It had been a frantic morning of rushing to get kids on the bus...\" src=\"http:\/\/img.ehowcdn.com\/article-page-main\/ehow\/images\/a07\/nr\/2g\/disadvantages-taking-school-bus-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"220\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"...followed by a relaxing drive to work - on 94\/394, in my case. \" 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alt=\"\" width=\"279\" height=\"181\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Where, harried as I was, even I noted what a gorgeous fall day we had going on.  Then I flipped on the radio.\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_Ucq-_7Ktpuk\/S8l24JgD-JI\/AAAAAAAABlA\/vLinlztMydw\/s1600\/ClearBlueSky.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"470\" height=\"353\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"The most jarring thing I noticed at first was that NPR - usually so glib and tightly-scripted - had long stretches of dead air, with the sound of chattering and voices and machinery in the background.  They were at a loss to comprehend what was going on, much less describe it.\" src=\"http:\/\/911review.com\/attack\/wtc\/imgs\/wtc_plane1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"442\" height=\"403\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"By the time I tuned in, Flight 175 had already hit the South Building.  The chaos - at least in terms of the public's understanding - was complete.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.serendipity.li\/wot\/usa_under_attack_63.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"426\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Minutes after I walked into the office, the South tower collapsed. The this time, all I felt was shock.  Even 1800 miles away.\" src=\"http:\/\/911review.com\/errors\/wtc\/imgs\/wtc15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"487\" height=\"598\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Confusion begets confusion.  We heard about the Pentagon - and about a car bomb at the State Department, and of as many as a dozen planes still unaccounted for in the skies.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.geoffmetcalf.com\/pentagon\/images\/8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"355\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"The redeeming stories of that morning?  Flight 93, of course; as enduring a tale of moral courage as this nation has ever seen.  Even more importantly, to me...\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wtc-terrorattack.com\/shankesville\/shanksville16.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"...was that it happened along with the countless stories of the thousands of average Americans who organized themselves, got themselves out of the towers without panic and in good order - something a good part of official America never thought we could do.  My faith in the American people only grew on 9\/11; we are neither sheep to be slaughtered, nor cattle who stampede at the sight of the lightning.  Hearing both stories still makes my heart proud..\" src=\"http:\/\/www.its.dot.gov\/its_publicsafety\/pedevac\/images\/cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"289\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"Our language has no words to describe the courage of the firefighters and police that day.\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-70fGCwQFB68\/TlS1Vtb7TrI\/AAAAAAAADOs\/dq2HP5ZxiVk\/s1600\/9_11_firemen2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"416\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Really.  None.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scripting.com\/images\/firemen-flag-091201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"434\" height=\"504\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"George W. Bush made many mistakes before and after 9\/11.  But on that morning - 9\/14 - he was like Churchill.  That's not something I say lightly. \" src=\"http:\/\/www.september11news.com\/Sept14BushFiremanBobBeckwith.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"385\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"I started the bagpipes that fall, after seeing them at innumerable police and fire funerals on the news.  The pipes fit my mood, then and now; they combine the stark depth of mourning with the sharp threat of retribution.  There's a reason the Scots still play them in battle.  \" src=\"http:\/\/o4.aolcdn.com\/dims-shared\/dims3\/PATCH\/resize\/273x203\/http:\/\/hss-prod.hss.aol.com\/hss\/storage\/patch\/8169f7854acd2adef50c7c90cc2dc184\" alt=\"\" width=\"273\" height=\"182\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"The world went quiet - without planes overheard - and deeply mournful.  I, and many like me, yearned for retribution.\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_WC5D7MIXrq8\/TRRPP8Qz23I\/AAAAAAAAAME\/1sXt_IUQwUE\/s640\/black.square.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"486\" height=\"442\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"And it came.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aviationspectator.com\/files\/images\/C-130-Hercules-243.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"236\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"It came in the form of 85 Americans - US Special Forces - who parachuted into Afghanistan.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.affiliategrenade.com\/images2\/airborneranger.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"296\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"They linked up with the Northern Alliance...\" src=\"http:\/\/cursor.org\/stories\/karzi2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"222\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"...at the tip of all the crushing might of the US military...\" 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alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"251\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"...they swept the Taliban from the field of battle.\" src=\"http:\/\/images.usatoday.com\/news\/_photos\/2002\/10\/08-horseback-inside.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"And then from power.\" src=\"http:\/\/purplefingerforfreedom.org\/images\/iraq_election_7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"313\" height=\"410\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"I wished we could say the story ended there.  It didn't.  Terror continued.  \" src=\"http:\/\/wwwimage.cbsnews.com\/images\/2001\/12\/26\/image322435x.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"370\" height=\"278\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"And it didn't matter if you were neutral...\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nomad4ever.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/Bali_Bombing_2002_-_a_site_of_horror.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"420\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"...or even if you'd repudiated the war effort.  Everyone was a target.\" src=\"http:\/\/cache.daylife.com\/imageserve\/00Fb4WsdFP6eL\/610x.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"424\" height=\"348\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"And then came Iraq.\" src=\"http:\/\/img.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2008\/03_03\/iraqdesertDM1603_468x304.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"304\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"You could feel the unity, and to some extent the national sense of purpose, being sucked from the room as a brilliant conventional victory descended...\" src=\"http:\/\/static.howstuffworks.com\/gif\/ied-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"...into the morass of a counterinsurgency we never expected. It exhausted the nation's supply of unity and moral certainty.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cathousechat.com\/cathouse_chat\/WindowsLiveWriter\/MarlboroMarine.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"404\" height=\"271\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"...which led to all the symptoms of moral exhaustion - the smug self-indulgence of the perpetually indignant.\" src=\"http:\/\/whatthecrap.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/05\/codepink_dc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Nothing cute or profound here.  F*ck you, Code Pink.\" src=\"http:\/\/theselvedgeyard.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/12\/johnny20cash20finger202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"385\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Finally, as the anniversary drew near, unknown to almost everyone, Bin Laden was found...\" src=\"http:\/\/www.neontommy.com\/sites\/default\/files\/uploads\/5708716867_26f1b047a4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"...and dispatched in a far better way than he deserved - by US servicemen, coming and going in the night.  Good riddance.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com\/sites\/default\/files\/imagecache\/standard\/fastroping_dog.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"445\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"And while some naysayers called it tasteless, I for one believe we the people earned one little end zone happy dance.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bharatwaves.com\/portal\/uploads\/original_americans-celebrate-_4dbe78278f9e6.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"On behalf of those who can't, and those who died so that we could.\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.gettyimages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/jm-blog-photo-one.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"270\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"For my part?  This says it all.\" src=\"http:\/\/michellemalkin.com\/archives\/images\/nosurrender.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"392\" height=\"147\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/SPECIALS\/2001\/memorial\/lists\/by-name\/index.html\">Remember<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Remember.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history-and-its-making"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30364"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30366,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30364\/revisions\/30366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}