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Today We Are All Americans

I was attending an executive seminar on brand building with my colleagues at Procter & Gamble when America was attacked.  I will never forget the emotions of that day.  Like many people, it was a defining moment in my life.  The words of a French woman interviewed by a reporter still make me emotional when I reflect on that day – “Aujourd’hui, nous sommes tous Americains” (Today we are all Americans).
Today’s post is about remembering.  Please visit the 9/11 Memorial Website, the Flight 93 Memorial, and/or the Pentagon Memorial.
“Turn your wounds into wisdom”. Oprah Winfrey
On 9/11/2001, Brand America was wounded. We continue to seek the wisdom from the tragedy that touched the world.  On this day, “We are all American”.
If you have a memory or reflection to share, take a moment and leave a comment.  Let’s share thoughts on the wisdom we can/should glean from the wounds created on 9/11/2001.
Please note, political statements will be screened.

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1. Karen Schultz

   September 11, 2011
   
   Thank you, Ed. I remember I had just retruned home from taking my son to his first day of college in Savannah, GA. My husband called me from his golf course outing and told me to sit down and turn on television. My daughter called me up from work and asked me to go get her brother and bring him home. It was quite a moment. It felt surreal. Watching the new reports, seemed like a movie. Disbelief and denial of the moment was a first reaction.
   This definitely was a time to use our wounds into wisdom.
   I am reminded of this day with every moment of violence in our country as a terrorist condition against citizens of this country whether in the drug war, the fear of neighborhoods run by gangs, and attacks proposed on our freedoms to speak about our faith publicly. Anyone who is hungry or unemployed due to the lack of knowledge of who are community members are and their pain left unsupported. It was an awakening and shaking up of our citizens from a drunken stupor to realize the importance of responsible and accountable citizenship and freedoms seriously. WE need each of us to reach out to one another, make a difference in business and society and rebuild the brand of America…the US as a beacon of hope and dreams in our world.