9/11 in El Salvador

I'm guessing that at least some of you won't "get" what I'm talking about in this posting...just because I'm kind of weird I guess. Anyhow, last night as I lay in my bed I realized that tomorrow is "9/11"...not just any day. And for some reason it felt important to me to be able to somehow connect with my country on this day. Maybe it's because I and those my age have not had any other hugely relevanat national crisis in our lives...or at least not after the point when our minds were old enough to kick in. When I woke up this AM, "9/11" was immediately on my mind and heart. Today wasn't a bad day, but I was rather melancholic. I remember that on the 1 yr anniversary of 9/11 I was with a medical team in Guatemala, and it seemed rather strange to not be home, grieving and healing with the rest of our country. Thankfully, we found a TV in the kitchen/dining room of where we were staying and we respectfully watched as bells rang and names were called out on that first yr anniversary. Somehow that media connection made a big difference to us. Although, thank you Lord, that I didn't have anyone I knew to perish in 9/11, I think a small piece of all of us perished that day. So today I asked some of the older kids at the Home if they knew about 9/11. They said yes, they remember it, but it's really not significant to them, and afterall it was 6 years ago. But then again, how many Americans even know about Hurricane Stan in Oct 2005 that killed more than 2000 people in this part of Latin America? So, I guess it's all relative, yet I still longed for a connection. Then, late this afternoon I rec'd an email that encouraged folks to go to this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KonFRhqbj2I as a way or remembering 9/11. Strangely enough, it really made a difference for me today. And for as much damage as the media does, today I'm reminded that it can also be used for good.