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Sunday, September 11, 2005
September 11
So, it has been 4 years since that fateful day that changed the world. Richard already posted his excellent tribute in the form of quotes about freedom and what have you. Every 9/11 I try to make it a point to take some time to reflect and remember what happened and how I felt. This actually is not easy to do, so I try to make sure to watch one of the tributes on The History Channel (or some other one). Since 9/11 fell on opening football weekend, I ended up waiting until the evening and watched "The Flight That Fought Back" on The Discovery Channel. This was well dome...moreso than I thought it would be. They took actual recordings of the people on the flight (from cell phone calls to the black box in the cockpit to a message that the co-pilot IMed) to attempt to piece together what happened. They also spent time talking to the family members (in parallel with the regular story) to get an idea of what type of people were on the plane and possibly how they reacted, not to mention why they were there. It was very emotional and well put together and it really made me remember all the things that happened then, in a better way than my own memory could. And Discovery aired the show without commercials. I heartily recommend watching it.
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