Las Vegas 9.11

9.11 comes each and every year. A devastating moment in all our lives! Of course some much more than others, for me being woken up to watch TV before going to work at Ranch & Home. I remember seeing it as an accident in my mind sickened to see people jumping out of a crumbling building to jump to sudden death, rather than wait and endure a painful crush of tons of weight to crash around them enclosing them in a tomb of concrete. Watching the second tower being hit by the second plane, made my heart drop out of my body! How could this happen. I was quite naïve to a lot of things. And this was one of them. In my life time. My country was under attack.

Every person in america bleeds a little inside when thinking of that days events. I refuse to forget. And I refuse to forget the brave police and firefighters who risked their lives to save any remaining survivors. I refuse to forget that I have soldiers who serve and protect me, to give me a piece of mind in how I live! I REFUSE to never love and respect my soldiers. My two brothers risk every thing as soon as they leave their family's to be in any sort of war zone. I respect my two soldiers for everything they have done! I love them more than what I can ever express! I also need to give love to the families not only of my brothers, but of all soldiers the ones who love and support their men and women who serve. With out them they would not be who they are!

Being in Las Vegas on Sept 11 of 2010 I wanted to go sit up at the 24/7 bar get a beer and toast to the men and women who give me everything I cherish in America. Sadly time and vegas. Were against me. I tried to get to NY NY to have that beer time did not allow this. Our plans for the night were to be down on Fremont street at night. I wanted to grab a drink before time. Unfortunately we did not have time! We were carried away downtown, I made it clear I NEEDED to leave downtown to be their on time. I was told I would need to leave no later than 11 to be on time. So at 11 I say my good byes, buy my ticket and head to the bus. I hop on the bus 10 after 11 we start our should be 15 min decent. After about 10 min. We stop north strip at. The Riveria and are asked to unboard due to the bus being a piece of shit and it breaking down!!! I patiently await the arrival of the next bus. It took another 15 min to show....

It is now 1150 no way I will make it on time to NY NY for my drink, now heated and upset that the one thing I wanted to do, didn't happen. As I off load now at 12 10 off side of NY NY I just want to head straight to bed. As I walk around the. Front of NY NY I cross the bridge of New York I walk around the front that showcases the Satue of Liberty and the NYPD fire boat, I feel my stress and un happyness starting to vanish.....

As I come around to the front facing view of lady liberty there it was..... More people who felt as if they too needed to remember amongst the. Shirts of memories of that horrific day there lay a bed of roses, along side some of the greatest quotes I have ever read. Flowers to remember, this is what I wanted and needed for my self, sad however that it was not on the actual day but 30 off. It was a peaceful and amazing moment I had. No drink in hand or hung over, but that moment of realization was what I needed. A toast was a nice thought in their honor, but that moment was an amazing second.
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