Don't watch TV and see people try to exploit that day for their own ends. Read about the people that tried to make a difference. http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packag...12_WTC_GRAPHIC/met_WTC_histories_full_01.html Here are some excerpts from one of the stories (Mark Stone). His whole dialogue is worth reading, as are many others.
I'm going to finish some of this paperwork, then I'm going to take a nap, then the gang and I are going dove hunting at dawn, then I'm cooking burgers and drinking beers, then I'm going to check on the cows, then I'm going to pick the garden, then I'm going to change the oil in the Willy's, then I'm going to take a nap, then I'm going dove hunting with the gang in the afternoon, then I'm going to cook ??? and drink some beers, then I'm going to take a nap, then I'm going to wake up and it'll be the 12th. America, **** Yeah.
This is the least important part of her account, but it caught my eye. http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/nyregion/20050812_WTC_GRAPHIC/9110463.PDF