I appreciate this country loving to celebrate its anniversaries, especially the catastrophes we've experienced as it is important we and those who come after us know the story and DO NOT FORGET.

However, it is officially 9/11/11, THE 10 year anniversary and NO I will never forget. BUT! I seriously question WHY we are still in Afghanistan losing American lives? What happened to a country's self-determination? WHY are we still sending millions of dollars over their? We live a life in constant caution, sometimes fear. I submit we are STILL being terrorized by the terrorist, only WE can change that and it starts here at home.

D**n right it changed me and if not I must be living in a closet. The American people would be better served if we totally got out of Afghanistan, kept our money working for those who need it right here at home. It matters not what I was doing on that specific 9/11, where I was, "if" it changed me. What matters is we remember those lost as we do Pearl Harbor, yet at the same time learn from our lessons and improve ourselves to move on in a positive manner.

I will not be watching the multitude of TV memorial shows, interviews, politicians spewing their empty words. I was there that day. I don't need to relive it in living, on-the-street coverage again. To answer the original question, D**NED RIGHT it changed me, but I am living life on my terms in spite of it - for the betterment of all.