this the moment and the feelings well. I wish i could write it as well. is it a true story?

Yes, this is true.

I started the challenge, fact-ly, for true stories.

Ann Coulter first came into my consciousness after 9-11 with her statement of “we should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to christianity.” Back then I could not agree with her more. And I haven’t changed that much since.

Reconciling that with Christs commandment to love your enemies is something I struggle with. I comfort myself knowing that God is just and all those who had a hand in this will one day face his wrath.

I just wish we could quickly arrange the meeting. Eight years is too long. But eight hundred years shouldn’t even come close to being long enough to forget.

Unfortunately we are currently under the rule of those who put politics ahead of everything. I need to remember the mill of God grinds slowly, but it grinds exceedingly fine.

True, he is a just God. :) Nice to meet you.

And I apologize for not reading my previous comment before posting… “this CAPTURES the moment and the feeling well.” :)

You know people have said that it was their time to go, those in that building, and there were a few who didn’t die because of little things that happened at home, a phone call, an oven on, a sick kid, and such.
Such is the mystery of life. We don’t know the plan of God, the big picture, the timing. We know that we are loved, and that we are to love others, unconditionally, even if they plot against us and target us because of our beliefs. Our job is to obey.

There is a saying that you can’t dodge the bullet that has your name on it. It’s the ones addressed “To Whom it may Concern” that I try to avoid.

In your previous post you stated you didn’t see something comming. I assume that you were referring to my taking my pistol with me.

At the time of the attacks we didn’t know where the next strike would come. It wasn’t inconceivable that a concerted attack on a school to kill the children would happen. These same kinds of people blow up buses and sneak into childrens nurseries in kibutzes to kill. They set off bombs in pizza shops.

Random violence can happen anywhere. Terrorist will strike at the most vulnerable. They attacked a school in russia and killed several hundred people just a few years later.

Bringing a pistol to protect my wife and her charges seemed reasonable to me. I am very protective of those I care about.

I can be one of the nicest people you know. And if circumstances require, I can also be one of the most dangerous.

Radical Duck. Are you o.k.? Were you in the 9/11 catasrophic events? We feel so sorry for the people who suffered directly or indirectly but you cannot be ready for all challenges. Take a little time out with friends and family and hide the fear for a little while.

Hi Marli,

Am I ok? Sure, I’m doing fine.

The story deals with how I reacted to the attacks 8 years ago. I was in CT at the time they happened. One of the teachers at my then wife’s school lost a cousin. All they found of his body was a piece of leg bone. DNA matching provided proof it was his. My wife was scheduled to attend some kind of a teachers meeting at the restaurant at the top of world, the following thursday. That was the restaurant in one of the towers.

My wife got kind of worried about me because I was unemployed and staying home. You couldn’t escape the news coverage and seeing it over and over again made for some anger issues. I never directed anything against her or took any overt actions. But after several weeks I had to purposefully avoid the news and other coverage of it.

I created this challenge to let real stories out. If this one is too scarey as reality, then I apologize. But it accurately reflects my thoughts and feelings at the time of the events.

yeah i meant the gun, I just felt the NY was so far away..and yes, there were concerns that the terrorists could attack anywhere next, but I never thought about carrying a gun. most likely that’s because I’ve not fired one. :)

I take an active approach to personal security.

There is a saying, “When seconds count, the police are only minutes away.”

I don’t carry a gun as much as I used to. I used to say that I carried a gun about as often as I wore socks. I don’t do it as much as I used to, but I still carry more often than not. The way I look at it, it’s kind of like having a first aid kit. You never want to use it. But if you need it, you are glad you have it handy.

I’m surprised they let you into the school with a gun, especially at a time like that.

I really do believe that the best revenge is try them in our courts, lock them up for life, and treat them justly. Anything else just fuels the martyrdom.

But the story was compellingly told and fraught with emotion.

Sorry about the delay in commenting Alexa.

They never knew I was armed. That is what concealed carry permits are about. If someone can tell you are armed, you aren’t concealing it well enough.

Also bringing a gun onto school property would probably be a technical vioation of the law. But frankly, I was going to protect my wife to the best of my ability regardless of what the law says. And may God be merciful to the soul of any man that tried to harm her.