Yes, they did. Americans need to know, they need to see it. Someday they will see the full horror that was captured on that day. We need to remember, we need to know why this fight has to go on. We need to know what we're fighting for, why we have to do the things we are all called upon to do, what we are trying to prevent from happening in the future.
We're not children. Personally, I would like to see all the war protestors rounded up and forced to see all the cuts that have never been shown. Let them look at the body parts being picked up, let them see the results of the people leaping from the buildings to escape the flames. Make them look and then let them try to go back out to protest.
I asked him what was the scariest, and he said that when he saw the people jumping, he felt as if it was him. Thank God he's got a heart. But we watched the entire show.
A P.S. to this - our neighbor across the street, a retired USMC veteran, has been turning a scrubby piece of open land into the Twin Towers Memorial Park, planting flowers and putting up a sign. He did an oil painting of the towers, and put it on an easel so the morning sun would shine through it. Someone animal stole it, the flowers, and little fence, and the flags. Just evil. But, he's not giving up.
Last night, after the show, my son and I made a hand-lettered sign that said, "NEVER FORGET", with 9-11-01 and a picture of the Twin Towers with a depiction of God's hands reaching to them. We brought it over this morning, and he attached it to one of his signs.
Don't let the sleeping giant sigh and roll over to sleep on its other side! NEVER FORGET!