PORCH PONDERINGS

9/11/01

Today is the anniversary of 9/11/01. It's hard to believe it has been 20 years. Time sure does fly, it seems. So much has happened in the world, the country, and my own personal life.

I still get teary-eyed watching those videos of the planes hitting the twin towers. Mercy sakes, what a horrible, dreadful day it was. I was blessed to not have any family affected by this tragedy.

I watched a show today about an airport in Newfoundland that had to take all planes coming across the Atlantic. Gander, Newfoundland. Amazing story of the air traffic controllers and how they had to find places for all the planes that day that couldn't enter US air space. They landed 224 jets in 4 hours. Incredible. I never knew of this.

Today was quiet here. Not much going on. Church was good, some people out sick. But nothing major. The Covid virus is bad in Billings, no so much here. We are pretty isolated and lucky for that fact. Now the hospital here will be getting some patients that Billings hospitals cannot house. Seems the two large hospitals there are full of patients. Our little one will now be getting some of the overflow. Mixed blessings for sure.

My childhood friend is an airline attendant. She posted this image today. I find it interesting, so I thought I would share. I also wrote an essay for The Writer's Cramp about my life that day in 2001 when our country changed forever.