We're family.
Your pain is my pain. I lost friends that day and a part of myself as well.
My grandfather was a captain on the LAPD, my bother is a patrolman in Manteca, CA, his wife is an ER nurse. I have two neices training to become nurses. My husband's grandfather started the fire departments in Kinderhook and Valatie NY. I have close friends who are volunteers further north. Just as military blood runs through my veins so does the deep need to help others.
I could never forget.