Tomorrow is September 11, 2009.  Eight years since the attack on our nation.

In the aftermath of the tragedy, we were strong, we were scared, we were compassionate.  The world rallied to our side.

Then came the anger, the blood lust for revenge, the ramp up to war that stoked our desire to strike back at the aggressors, the use of 9/11 as a political tool to divide us just when we needed unity most.

We hit back blindly — at the wrong despot and at each other.  We lost our way.

Eight years later, the question remains:   how do we move forward as a nation, united and committed to making sure this doesn’t happen again for us and for any nation?