On this day fifteen years ago this great nation lost it's innocence.
Looking back to that day, I ponder all that has happened. We as nation did not know of things like Isis, and the Al-Qaida, we did not understand that people who lived here and wore clothing different from ours were not the enemy, but at this time, these innocent lives were lumped into a group that we thought, through our ignorance were our enemies.
We did not know what social media was, or the power to effect change that it holds, we were just dipping our toes in that pond. Security changed forever, we now must remove our shoes, have full body scans and prove our identity.
A war was waged that we are still fighting. We have sacrificed so many of our young men and women to win this battle, will it ever end?
Our nation is coming apart at the seams, we are so separated now, when once we stood together all races, ethnicities, beliefs, religion's and genders.
Besides all the bad that we now see, there was good that came from all of this, social media exploded, and we are stronger and wiser.