I try to remember, not the worst of humanity that was displayed that day, but the best. Operation Yellow Ribbon resulted in 255 aircraft being landed at 17 airports across Canada, many of them in communities which were not of the scale to receive that many stranded people. Gander, Newfoundland found their population almost doubled in just a few hours. Halifax, Nova Scotia received 47 planeloads of passengers.
The Canadian people demonstrated the best of humanity that day and in the days that followed, taking people into their homes and their hearts, feeding them, housing them, comforting them, providing communication links home.
This is what I choose to remember every September 11.