Bird's Eye View

 9/11 REMEMBERED

Like Pearl Harbor and the Kennedy assassination, 9/11 left an indelible mark on the American conscious and memory.  No one alive that day will forget where they were when they first heard the news.

Ironically, I was in the Patterson School of Diplomacy offices with Ambassador Morton Holbrook III, longtime Foreign Service officer and former U.S. consul general in China.  I had interviewed Ambassador Holbrook's father in Owensboro several times about his distinguished legal career and political experiences and I was enjoying the opportunity to meet and spend time with his accomplished son.  

Ambassador Holbrook was talking to a small group of students about careers in the Foreign Service.  Suddenly, a faculty member came into the conference room and asked if he could turn on the television.  I thought it was a very odd request but soon realized what Americans were witnessing on their televisions across the country.  

The United States and the world would never be the same.  Now, 19 years later we pause to remember.