Twenty four years ago I was up visiting my mom. About this time she was making breakfast, and this was before the age of smartphones, so I wasn't doom scrolling social media, in fact we had no idea what was happening in NYC or DC. The furnace guy said someone called him about "something in NY" and I turned on the news and that was that. I think I watched the news all day.
I loved the WTC, yes they were somewhat ugly buildings, but they defined NY and the city has never looked right to me subsequently.
Even in Vermont we noticed the lack of planes overhead and I'll never forget seeing the smoke plume from the city...
That said, I wish we could find some national unity today. Love or hate him Bush at least tried to bring the country together in grim time, and that's a stark change from the address the President gave about the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
Listen Maga people, he wasn't JFK, RFK, MLK etc... He wasn't a national hero, in fact he was no more OR less important than any other person who was killed yesterday. There was yet another school shooting yesterday and I don't see your rage about that.
We don't know who killed him, or more importantly WHY, so let's stop blaming people. Yes it was tragic. Yes I feel for his family, I lost my dad recently so I particularly feel for his kids, who will grow up without a father.
Political violence has no place here, but having a large part of the country foaming at the mouth to blame people, with no evidence, simply because it's convenient and easy. We need to work together as one nation to solve these problems, instead of dividing even further.
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