We are remembering the day.

As someone who lives in a hurricane-prone region, my thoughts naturally tend to get caught up in hurricanes. Hurricane Florence continues barging towards the Carolinas. If Tropical Storm Isaac continues his current westward track, it looks like he could get into the Gulf of Mexico. Then everybody who lives on or near the coast will be gnawing on their fingernails.

With all that on my mind, it was easy for today’s 9/11 anniversary to slip by me almost unnoticed. That’s especially true as the event, terrible though it was, didn’t have a direct impact on either myself or anyone I know.

I remember being at work that day, and hearing somebody mention that a plane had flown into a building in New York. At first I thought it was freak accident involving a small, single-engine plane. It was shocking to learn what had actually happened.

Later in the day I heard about the crash on the Pentagon, and the plane that ultimately went down in a field in Pennsylvania.

I hardly need to say any more; there’s no point in repeating what we’ve all heard so many times since that dreadful day. Today many will be remembering their lost loved ones. May they rest in peace.