
Today is a sober one for many Americans, as everyone remembers those two aircraft flown into the world trade towers! God rest all those souls who were murdered for a idiots dream of ruling the world and destroying the United States in the process!
I know everyone remembers 2 days in their lives, if old enough, the day JFK was murdered and the tragic happenings on 9-11-2001! I carry, to this day, and always will, a small piece of paper, part of one of the thousands of pieces of paper which came raining down that day on 9-11 when the first tower collapsed. It doesn't say much, something about a planned birthday party for a 9 year old, gender unknown, with no title or heading on who or what generated the message, just a reminder of how quickly ones life can be forever changed!
On JFK's death, I was on a dual instrument cross-country flight in a Beech Baron, model 58, and when we landed at Gainsville airport, so the student could see his daughter for a few minutes and we heard the reports. A sad, sad day in American history!
On 9-11, I was helping a friend of mine, replace the carpet in his "B" model baron, we had finished here in Chattanooga's Lovell field, called ground for taxi instructions, cleared to the active and while we were taxiing, ground called and said to return to the hangar at once. When questioned, ground would only say that the FAA had grounded all aircraft! All sorts of things run through your mind at that time, wondering what has happened, and when we returned to Krystal Aviation, we of course learned the dreaded truth of the reasoning behind the grounding of all aircraft.
God rest all those souls who gave their lives at Shanksville, Pa, fighting back as every American would under the same circumstances.
This is the greatest country in the world, and a lot of American lives were given in defense of our liberty and way of life! Next time you hear someone "knock" the U.S., bust them right between this eyes and say this is from ET!