There will be many more poignant moments recorded about September 11, 2001. I dare say most, if not all will be more meaningful than these words I write. I write from a different perspective. We were in Milan, Italy at the time of the attacks, 7,000 miles from home. Not having my feet on American soil was my greatest regret. Not that I could have done anything or made a difference but my wife and I yearned to be back where we could grieve with friends. The detached feeling I had for the five days before we flew home were as hollow as any in my life. When finally we made our way to the airport and boarded for the flight home, it was with sorrow to think I was safer than those who perished minutes after being airborne on that fateful morning. When our 767 banked left over the Hudson river and I looked below to see still smoldering ash reaching skyward I felt a sickening pang in my stomach for those poor, desperate souls who had asked for nothing but to reach the sidewalks intact. Their last wishes were never granted. In 2002 and again in 2006 when I broadcast on those September mornings from the site, I thought again of the hurt of  wives, husbands and children whose loved ones never came home from work. When I broadcast from the Pentagon that afternoon five years after, I looked at the still cavernous holes in the walls next to my broadcast bin. I thought of the heroics of those on that Pennsylvania hillside.  Last year on a gray Sunday morning I again was privileged to share moments with those still searching for a sign of a loved one. It was a great honor and yet the only thing this aging man could do. This morning, while doing my show on KLVI, I again relived and wished I might be there at Ground Zero, if but just to shed a tear closer to those who never saw a September 12th. As an American I revere their memory. As a Christian I pray for them. As a human being I shed tears for them. Long live their memory. And to the first responders who also gave their lives, I know you are with God also. May we always remember this day and realize what freedom we lost 11 years ago. May we salute our flag and sing our national anthem to show we are still American proud.