Remembering 9/11
Six years ago Kari was stuck in Birmingham, AL with about 15 others coming home from a short-term missions trip in Brazil. Their plane was rushed to land and all their items left on-board for four days in wake of the World Trade Center attacks. I was on a runway in a plane in Atlanta headed home with about 40 others (in our group), and we too had to halt our travel plans. We all walked off the plane, confused, checking voicemail, looking at the TV monitors in the airport, trying to figure out what was going on. (To the right is Kari holding up a paper the next morning in Birmingham.)
September 11th, 2001 will remain an historic day in the annuls of our young nation. While the event impacted our entire country, and thousands died, the widespread turning to God we saw in the immediate wake of 9/11 faded away. It seems people wanted answers and solace and freedom from the pain and grief (all good things), but didn’t necessarily want God.
John Piper offers some perspective on Three 9/11’s We Need to Know: How to Mark and Honor This Day. I encourage all to read it.
September 11th, 2007 at 3:03 pm
Wow, that is an interesting 9/11 story. I haven’t met many people actually flying that day.