Last night, my family and I went to the local fire department for the towns September 11th commemoration ceremony. One our neighbors lost his son, who used to be a Wyckoff volunteer firefighter before he joined NYFD. They had a awesome life size statue / memorial built at the fire house for him a few years ago. The town also lost 11 residents in World Trade Center, so it's not like the whole town wasn't touched in one way or another. Anyway, the part that bothers me was the turn out. It was about 75% fire fighters and only 25% civilians. The volume of people who turned out for the ceremony was embarrassingly poor. I was really surprised and kinda mad. How quickly we forget!
My wife and I used to goto Ridgewood where they would have a large ceremony in the park at the center of town. Every year it got a little smaller and smaller, until two years ago, we showed up and there was nothing. I love how everybody says they'll never forget.
Anyway, we remember and while we personally did not know anybody who past away, we will never forget. And everyday I remember and pray for my fellow brothers and sisters who serve proudly in the Corps and other branches of the military. It doesn't matter if we're state side or in the suck, when the wolf calls we answer, that's what we do. Semper Fi and God Bless America!
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