I had just got my commission from Officer Candidate School 20 years ago, and less than three months before the Twin Towers got hit.
The shock and anger was unreal (The Marines at the neighboring recruiting station where I was TAD were ready to start blasting terrorists on sight).
My family and my girlfriend (now my wife) thought I'd be on the first thing smoking to Afghanistan.
I thought this was the kind of stuff you see in old war movies about Pearl Harbor. But, it was happening in 2001, just six months after I started OCS.
God bless the families of the lost and those who rescued other victims.
USA, all day every day!!