To all you Canadians out there...9/11

[jj_jonathon]

I'm was born and mostly raised in Canada....but I've spent the past 5 years in the United States and have been calling it home since before the attacks. I felt as heart-stricken as the majority of Americans that surrounded me in my high-school. I hit me hard to see such a wonderful piece of a nation's pride fall down in terror. That day was the first day I began to hold my hand on my heart for the pledge of alligence because before then, I may have felt like I belonged, but my heart never belonged in the United States. It did that day, and has since. I feel for those who lost their lives and those who were affected by the losses. I held American flags, wore American colors and clothing, and flew the American flag off the side of my mustang for pride as I blared "I'm proud to be an American" from the stereo through town. It was a horrific terrorist attack that back-fired; despite the losses and the devestation, this country built up its morale and stood even more proud, after 9/11, to be an american. We took special leaps and bounds to see our economy continue to roll and put smiles on our faces to show that "you can't stop freedom". What a great country to live in and be a part of.

Canadians are notorious for being friendly. But I'm sure that if any other freedom-loving country were closer, they would have shown the exact same hospilality as the neighbors to the north did.

This is one of the greatest countries in the world. It deserves help when it needs it too.

Let's keep morale high and remember those lost from evil one year ago today. I'll be wearing my pin and colors.

Jonathon