virginiashadow

I will never forget that day. My dad was in the Pentagon on the side that was hit. He was living with me for the month of September 2001. I could not reach him by cell phone until almost 9pm....I was unsure whether he was alive or dead...he did not arrive home until almost midnight. He had scratch marks all over his face from where he and a bunch of people were pulling people from the rubble. I had to take him to the hospital in the early morning hours as he woke up and could not breathe at all. He had inhaled a ton of jet fuel smoke and was very sick. I told him dad, you survived two tours in Nam as an infantry Marine, and now you survived this.....and the old Marine of 25 years then signed up to go over to Baghdad for 10 months embedded with an infantry unit after he retired...goodness! My point, we have some tough a.. old men and women who have put their lives on the line for us so many times....THANK YOU to all servicemen and women for your service.