It was a sombre ceremony on?Sunday morning, as local emergency services personnel paid homage to those who lost their lives 10 years ago on 9-11.
It’s hard to believe a decade has past since terrorists did the unthinkable, and slammed planes into the World Trade Center buildings in New York and the Pentagon in Washington.
How the world has changed.
The United States has spent much of the past 10 years hunting for the alleged mastermind, Osama bin?Laden, finally finding and killing him at a Pakistani hideout earlier this year.
One-hundred-and-fifty-seven Canadian soldiers paid the ultimate price in Afghanistan, the country where bin Laden was said to have developed and trained his terrorist al Qaeda organization.
Thousands of Americans lost their lives in Iraq.
At home, borders have tightened and security measures have been heightened for travellers, who get turned away from flying for having too much toothpaste in their carry-on luggage.
Is the world a safer place today?
Certainly Canadians are more aware of the dangers posed by our enemies. And for all the minor inconveniences we’ve experienced, most of us probably feel safer.
Does it mean 9-11 can’t happen again? No. But the likelihood is probably a whole lot less.
It’s hard to believe a decade has past since terrorists did the unthinkable, and slammed planes into the World Trade Center buildings in New York and the Pentagon in Washington.
How the world has changed.
The United States has spent much of the past 10 years hunting for the alleged mastermind, Osama bin?Laden, finally finding and killing him at a Pakistani hideout earlier this year.
One-hundred-and-fifty-seven Canadian soldiers paid the ultimate price in Afghanistan, the country where bin Laden was said to have developed and trained his terrorist al Qaeda organization.
Thousands of Americans lost their lives in Iraq.
At home, borders have tightened and security measures have been heightened for travellers, who get turned away from flying for having too much toothpaste in their carry-on luggage.
Is the world a safer place today?
Certainly Canadians are more aware of the dangers posed by our enemies. And for all the minor inconveniences we’ve experienced, most of us probably feel safer.
Does it mean 9-11 can’t happen again? No. But the likelihood is probably a whole lot less.
