Community is the first place I came last night when I got into my S. Cal hotel and heard the news... not unlike what I did on 9/11 (when I woke up in my S. Cal hotel and heard the news).

The events of the last 12 hours bring back such a rush of memories and emotions... of the hours and days after 9/11 and of how changed our travel patterns for the last decade have been. I'm happy to still have this Community as we celebrate the closure of this chapter in our nation's history - and await what comes next in the war against terror.

Marathon Man, thank you for sharing your story - I was moved when I read it last night. You are so right about how the events forced all of us to reconsider our travel, our relationships, and our lives. I was still a bit of a "green" traveler on 9/11 (although I didn't think it at the time) and a lot of my colleagues in consulting found reasons to move to nontravel positions in industry within the year after 9/11. Others of us became firm in our resolve to continue to experience the world first-hand. I remember a lot of marriages and births in my life in that 2002-2003 range right after 2001 as so many I knew sought stability and comfort at home. FlyerTalk became a rock for me with my travel life, that home regardless of where I was.