Today 17 years ago on a Tuesday terrorists attacked the United States in the largest act of terrorism in history. Those of us old enough to remember the day have it burned into our memories, I was four days away from becoming a 24 year old Kansan, thisamy years later I am four days away from 41 and realize that many 23 and 24 year olds now have little to no recollection of that day. Too young to see what was going on, or too young to understand the significance of what they might have seen.

I will always pass on my memory of that day to the younger generations so it may be understood why we felt the way we did after the attack. The fear the anger the despair. But also the spirit to overcome the evil done that day and go on with our lives and the spirit to hit back. And that's why I day celebrate the day as well because we picked ourselves up, dusted ourselves off, threw the middle finger in the air at those who had a part in it and said fuck you.