Like most of you, I sat through at least five "salutes" to the brave and innocent victims of the worst attack on American soil since Pearl Harbor. I saw dozens of people srtruggling to control their emotions and some who simply couldn't. I sympathized with them all, but I couldn't help but notice how long the cameras lingered until either tears came or the survivor controlled him/herself and continued. I remembered the time-honored dictum of the worst of the media - "If it bleeds, it leads."
I watched a program of remembrance by survivors of the attack (between commercials). I remembered the countless souvenirs which were offered at the time (paperweights made from genuine remainders of the World Trade Center) and I reflected on all that has happened to our personal freedoms since that horrible day that were never mentioned on its tenth anniversary.