I work for a fire department ,and was on duty when this day of terror started. We watched the whole incident unfold ,as Im sure the rest of the world did that day . I will never forget the sick feeling I had as I watched the men of the FDNY do their job and give up their lives for strangers.
In 2007 I went to Iraq as a firefighter . On 9/11 we had a ceremony in memory of those who had lost their lives on that day in 2001. The service was held in one of Saddam's palaces at 10 am that morning, at 2pm tragedy stuck again. We took three rockets on base ,one hitting where we were parked that morning for the memorial service. That rocket resulted in 14 wounded and one dead. The other two luckily did no damage. Four hours seperated me from being here today or being one of that 14.
So I will never forget this day ,or what it means.
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