<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Not to deminish your personal feelings Catman, but I think the entire world was nearby when it happened.
It doesn't matter so much what your physical proximity was to the World Trade Center, The Pentagon, or a sleepy little field out in Pennsylvania.

Because it was much more than an attack against New York or even the United States.

It was an attack against the entire world of people that value freedom.

And that should be remembered as well on this day of rededication to the spirit of freedom. And that is why I don't really like President Bush's selection of the name "Patriot Day" for the anniversary of this tragic event.

Certainly many U.S. citizens will have a stronger emotional tie to this tragedy, as it happened on our soil, and mostly to our own citizens and property. And the cowards behind the attack certainly considered the United States as the prime target.

So I do understand folks here feeling Red, White and Blue all over, because of the strong spirit that our great country has shown in pulling together after this horror.

But people all over the world were effected by it. It's not just about New York or the United States only, in my book. I would hope the folks here in the U.S. don't consider this just "our" tragedy.

It should be a truly international day of rememberance for anyone that values freedom.

IMHO.
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