Zacarias Moussaoui confessed in court today that he and would-be shoe bomber Richard Reid were supposed to hijack a fifth plane on September 11th and fly it into the White House. The revelation itself isn’t all that shocking. The fact that Moussaoui blurted it out in court is.
No matter what happens to Moussaoui, my hope is that more coverage will be provided in this case and that the memories of that day in September come back to Americans. I can’t help but worry that we’ve grown soft on 9/11, and that we’ve become so absorbed in our lives that the worst terrorist attack this nation has ever known is becoming nothing more than a blip on history’s radar.
Reading about Moussaoui’s confession brought me right back to that day, that moment…everything. It reminded me how important it is that we never forget the horror that was brought on our nation, and more importantly, that we don’t grow too soft on the very perpetrators of that horror.