September 11, 2001. A day engraved into the mind of every American. 9/11 shook the world, in more ways than one.

2,996 people died in the attacks and many fatalities followed soon after. Weeks after the attacks, and the death toll was estimated at around 6,000 people. About 3000 children lost a parent and even more people-a loved one. The loss for many Americans was unbearable, and some people didn’t know how go about the gobsmacking thing that just happened to their lives. These were dark times and we were all taken aback.

A decade later, and 9/11 has left it’s deep mark. For some the wounds are healing, for others it’s still as fresh as it had been 10 years ago.

As the 10th anniversary comes around, it is highly likely that more than a million words are going to be written about 9/11 in this week alone, all in different opinions and viewpoints. People who have lost loved ones, people who were survivors, and most of all the people who stood and watched it all go down-all of them having something to say on the matter.

I believe that 9/11 has come and passed, but it has left us with tasks we are still trying to complete. From the seemingly easy task to pick up the pieces and try to carry on, to the search for justice and public safety. This event has put so many things into motion that the last decade has witnessed a tectonic shift in world affairs. Security is still being tightened-up left & right, and our concern for homeland security is at an all time high. Our perception of the world and it’s people has changed to the extent that there is much more room for both hate & acceptance then there was in the years before. In that one day, people rethought and reassessed everything that they once knew, asking their own