Never Forgetting Means Remembering

TR's comment from the last post stirred a little something.   There are many fine tributes on social media today, as there are every year -- some more cursory, some more thoughtful and thought-provoking.  I guess after a number years of tearful remembrances, it's been more of a quiet, quick reflection on this day for me.  The human brain doing what it does; it's more comfortable and natural  to not think about the horribleness I hope to never watch again.

But to "Never Forget" means to remember, and that's what we should do every year.

Lud, far right with the babyface

Not the unfathomably evil deeds and the terror we all felt, but the spirit of those we lost. For us older gheorghies that's fratres Mark Ludvigsen and Mike Edwards. As you've read here before.

I will always remember Lud as the guy who positively pestered me to play rugby (and join a certain fraternity). His love of the game was the most compelling reason for me to get involved, and doing so changed my college experience irrevocably for the better. Without question.  I'm grateful.

Scoop, second from left getting cupped

Speaking of which, for Edwards, I will remember listening to the Dead and taking heat alongside him from most of the guys in the house who'd much rather hear AC/DC and the like... but then him rallying a fairly large group of the dudes to go to Hampton Coliseum for the now-legendary "Formerly the Warlocks" shows.  That was a win.  And I was happy to be a part of it.



Little thoughts to stoke the embers of their memories.  I'll expect the same from you clowns when I'm gone.

TR's comment is worth re-airing

Today is a Tuesday, just like 9/11/01. But it’s not a crystal blue sky like that day. I worked downtown from ‘97 to early ‘03, then happily moved to midtown. Fate brought me a new job downtown. Will be my first 9/11 in the area since ‘02. Not too psyched to be here, staring out my window at my old work bldg, the one I evacuated that day.

Not sure anybody under 30 around these parts really gets it, and there’s a lot of them here b/c the Financial District is morphing into more of a residential neighborhood. Newspapers make the anniversary less of a big deal every year. Hoping to bury myself in work all day.

#nbtyrsd