Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Today started a little differently from other days, we were shown the September 9/11 video, this time I got to see the complete footage of how the aircraft smashed into the twin WTC towers in New York. The documentary showed everything in explicit detail, accounts of victims and thousands of people directly affected by the terrorist attacks. And the whole world shook in terror and disbelief as the events unfolded before their eyes on national television.
Even as I watched the video, I had to fight back the tears welling up behind my eyes. I vividly remember the night I stood there watching the news on Channel Newsasia six years ago when we were still in block 147. I remember watching the TV at 11pm that night, as we watched the 2 buildings collapse with thousands of people still inside.
The world was no longer a peaceful world and everything changed since then, everyone slept in fear, I remember how our commanders told stories about how fearful everyone was, my CO in AFS slept with a pistol under his pillow in the aftermath of 9/11. Countries went to war, others beefed up their forces, security was enforced everywhere, armed guards in KINS and armed officers on public transport.
The world has really become a different place after 9-11, and because of that fateful day, 3Da undertakes a new role of 24/7 activation and Ops VA. After watching the videos I felt it was really a tear jerker and felt fresh new motivation in my line of work in 3Da. We don't want another 9-11 copycat attack in Singapore. We are really making a difference in NS... Protecting our nation.
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