Kiss Country’s Howard Hart Remembers 9-11-01

I woke up about 7:00 a.m., thankful for another "safe" day of freedom and liberty as a United States Citizen -- I was doing laundry and turned on the television. After flipping through a few channels, I began to realize "This is more than a fire at the World Trade Center." Once the gravity, magnitude and scope of the event became clear, I remember thinking "This is difficult to believe: Pearl Harbor all over again...and the yellow-tailed coward SOBs who thought this up should have their asses kicked!" After about an hour, I couldn't watch it because, to borrow Herbert Morrison's quote from the Hindenburg Fire, "Oh, the humanity!" As time has moved on from it, as you ask me today, I am reminded of what I've heard General Dwight D. Eisenhower observed when liberating the living of The Holocaust: "Get the pictures, get the film in case some bastard tries to deny it ever happened." Today I say, look at the pictures, listen to the audio record; always remember the Citizens, not trained for combat, who lost their lives because of fascists who detest that we are blessed with liberty to live free. There was little more I could do that day but keep abreast of the event bit by bit, and pray for the innocents and rescuers. I grieved when the Towers collaped and hoped for sure, swift retribution.