A day of peace and fun with community interaction to mark this anniversary, stands in such stark and brutal contrast to that day of terror, panic and chaos when everyone fled for their lives and feared for each other.  

Yet it's similarities are also equally stark.  

Gathering the community to remember how the community came together during those terrible days, is simply nothing more then humanity at its finest.

I suspect there will be a fantastic turnout. 

And to top it all off, the fact that no "selfie types" are allowed to fly in, make a speech and leave, is just true grit.  And it makes me giggle.


:)