I was on West Coast - just waking up to the knowlege that the whole world had changed - preparing to fly to New York from San Francisco on United Airlines Flight 94... But as we now know, Flight 93 never arrived.
The truth is that sometimes our lives get interrupted. The interruption of 9/11 changed my life. Eight months later I was in Jerusalem, a city that has stood at the forefront of the war that many of us woke up to for the first time in September 2001.
And a decade later, Jerusalem remains at the heart of the conflict raging in the Middle East.
About 10 days from now, the Palestinians will demand international recognition for statehood at the United Nations in New York.
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It comes nearly 37 years after Yasser Arafat first entered the UN General Assembly, a gun holster strapped to his side, and legitimized a lifetime of terrorism against the Jewish people.
"I have come bearing an olive branch and a freedom fighter's gun," he declared. "Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand."
Arafat's chilling threat still hangs over the UN chamber in New York as the Palestinians openly warn of another 'intifada' against the Jewish people if the world refuses to give them what they want: the city of Jerusalem.
It's ten years since 9/11 and the threat of terror is as real as it ever was. Our choice is the same. To resist or give in.
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