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September 11 stands on its own as a terrible tragedy.

Sept. 11 was a shock to the whole world.

The tragedy of September 11th was so sudden, so enormous, and so horrendous, both in terms of lives lost and global consequences, that this country and the world went into immediate and prolonged shock.

September 11 is one of our worst days but it brought out the best in us. It unified us as a country and showed our charitable instincts and reminded us of what we stood for and stand for.

September 11th was a moment when America had the sympathy of the world.

The 1993 Trade Center bombing was obviously frightening. It could have been much worse than it was.

Initially, the horrific images of September 11th triggered an enormous wave of solidarity.

Horrible things happen, but were they horrible? No, they were just circumstances of the world.

There are terrible, terrible memories of September 11th, things that I saw, people that I lost, the devastation, the identification of bodies. I mean, all these memories come back to you at different times. And then the other side of it this tremendous response with the firefighters and the police officers saving people, the rescue workers.

And when you really think about the 9-11 event, the horrific attack on our land here in America and the death of three thousand of out loved ones, it was a defining moment.