I am sure there are many 9/11 posts today, I found Michelle Malkin’s or more specifically links in hers to be the most touching to me.

Lan astaslem: Arabic for “I will not submit/surrender”

What do you remember? When I think back to September 11, 2001, the crisp morning before jihadists struck on American soil, I remember transluscent blue skies. Green-gold leaves. And the blush pink cheeks of my then-one-year-old daughter, who was waiting to go for a walk while I did a double-take at the first cable TV reports of a “small commuter plane” crashing into the World Trade Center.

Then the skies turned black. And the Twin Towers turned to ash.

Malkin had two links that were particularly impactful, the first was the page dedicated to the Hanson family which includes the youngest victim of the murdered that day, two and a half year-old Christine Lee.

Peter, I still feel the terrible pain that went through my whole being when Dad, holding the phone heard your last words. As the plane banked and crashed into that tower and exploded in a burst of flame, I screamed, I knew that all the joys we had together, all the love, care and good times we shared all the dreams and hopes we had were gone…ended by those murderous cowards.

Finally there was the link about the 9/11 babies. This one really hits home because my oldest son could truly be a 9/11 baby. You see, 9/11/01 is a day filled with bittersweet memories for me and my wife. That day is her birthday and it was on that exact day that she asked me “are you ready” as a way of telling me that she was pregnant with our firstborn.