Looking back on September 11th

It has been a few days since the 7th anniversary of September 11th and I think its passing went too  quickly. As a freshman last year, I expected there to be a ceremony or a service of some kind to remember those lost on September 11th. I was really disappointed. Everyone has their own memory of the day and many people still grieve today. My uncle was in the Navy and worked in the Pentagon as a Navy intelligence officer. He was killed when Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon. This year was the dedication of the huge memorial outside of the Pentagon. It immortalizes every single person killed in the Pentagon and each individual on Flight 77. The memorial consists of 184 (the number of people lost on the flight and in the building) benches. Each bench has the person's name and they are arranged in order of age- the youngest being a three year old girl who was flying on Flight 77. The memorial was just opened to the public on the evening of the 11th after a private ceremony for the family members of those who died. My entire family, aside from those of us in college, went to D.C. to see the dedication. That made it even harder for me to be at SLU. I missed an important day of remembrance and instead was sent an e-mail saying "to light a candle" or take "a moment of silence." I feel as though a school on the east coast of America, where all events on September 11th, 2001 took place, we could do a lot better at remember the nearly 3,000 lives lost seven years ago.  I know most everyone on campus remembered in their own way, and two on this blog. I think the more we write about September 11th and the more we talk about it, the more respect that towards those who lost their lives that day.