On September 11, 2001, looking at the tragedy that was unfolding live on CNN, I was dumbstruck. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. It hadn't occurred to me until that day that this type of terrorism could ever happen - using a plane as a missile. And as each subsequent piece of news trickled in that morning and afternoon, I couldn't believe it could get any worse. Yet with each passing hour it still did.

Of course - I was glued to CNN all day and all night watchnig replay after replay. Every once and a while, some new camcorder video would come in, and you could see the plane hit the tower from another angle. There was the smoke and ash that filled the streets. I think horrific is the only appropriate word for what happened that day...

And here we are 5 years later. And oh how the world has changed.

Anyways, my prayers go out to the 9/11 victims and their families. This really is one of the great tragedies of human history.