Putting all jokes and sexy pictures aside, I wanted to draw a quick picture in honor of this day... September 11, 2001. A day when America was forever changed. A day when American planes were hijacked and flown into the World Trade Centers (aka The Twin Towers) of New York City. One also crashed into the Pentagon, and another in the fields of Pennsylvania. 3,000 people were killed that day.

Here we have dedicated police officer Tyson Undez Edwards and Marine Major Samson Scott saluting the American flag to honor the victims and heroes of 9/11

20 years later, I still remember that day decently well:
I was 14 and just barely started my freshman year of high school. Less than a month later, the date was September 11, 2001. The day started like normal. I came to school and went to class. But then we began hearing rumors of a plane crash into one of the Trade Centers in New York City. I was in my band class when an announcement came on and one of the office staff told the school that we all really need to honor America this day. That announcement seemed odd, but we didn't think much of it. . Then we heard from the teacher in the class next to ours (he had no class that hour and was watching the news) that another plane crashed into the second tower, and America was under attack by terrorist. We began to get concern, but were still very confused. We tried to play our music, but our teacher couldn't stay focused. Then the other teacher came in again and told us one of the towers collapsed. Our band teacher couldn't go on and cancelled class that day.
Next class period was my study hall. There I was taking with friends and asking what's going on. I mentioned one of the towers falling. Then one friend mentioned that the other tower also fell. Again we couldn't figure out what was going on. This seemed too surreal to be true.
We continued classes, but all the students and teachers would talk about is the news. At lunch time, I finally heard about the Pentagon being hit by another plane. Later one of my teacher cancelled lessons for that day, and had the news on TV. There I finally got to see the chaos of the towers being hit by planes and eventually collapsing. Such horror I never in my life thought I would ever see. Not much school work was done that day.
After school, I got off my bus and ran home. Once inside I asked my parents what was going on. They told me that America is under attack. There I heard about another plane crashing in Pennsylvania. Shortly after we all had to drive to a nearby town to do some grocery shopping. Normally that town is very VERY busy: people going home, going shopping, getting dinner, etc. But that day the town looked like a ghost town. It was almost empty. I was actually frightened by the sight. I realized that this attack is way more serious than I thought. In the few stores we went in, the employees were either watching the news or listening to the radios. Even the newspapers already had the event as their main headline.
I remember being restless that night, still unsure that this was actually happening.
The next few days, weeks, months, all we heard were the events of 9/11. I too watched the news for awhile. Some of the most horrible images were seeing people trapped in the Trade Centers as fires raged on, and even seeing people jumping to their deaths. Then to hear those awful screams of people in the streets as the towers fell. After awhile I couldn't bare watching it anymore.
To this day I am still haunted by that day. I doubt I will ever forget it.

But as awful and as sad as that tragic day was, I am always reminded that God is still in control, and no amount of terror will ever change that. Why God let this event happen, I probably will never know. But He will always be there for us when we are scared, sad, helpless, hurt, etc. because He promised that He always will. God hears every cry, He sees every tear, and sees the blood that is spilled, and He will never let that go unpunished. And all the people who were responsible for this attack will one day have to stand before God Himself and answer for the lives they took. People may escape justice here on Earth, but they will never escape God's justice.

Although the world is a crazy place, especially now with pandemics, more terror, chaos, hatred, natural disasters, etc. we can always look to God for hope and peace. And one day, when God says so, He will order all of His faithful followers to come home to Him in Heaven, and put an end to all evil for good. So be of good cheer, and be ready for Christ's return!

May we never forget the victims and heroes of 9/11!

Tyson, Samson & art ©  EJ_Husky