I never realized that 9/11 was just beneath the surface of my mind.

[RandySF]

I always prided myself on being able to put 9/11 behind me and live a life that included overseas travel without looking over my shoulder every other minute. although I saw the WTC wreckage a month later (long story, I bought a ticket to NY in 08/01), I was not there to witness the event first-hand. However, when news broke last night that OBL had been killed in Pakistan, I reacted with the same jubilation as the rest of the country. And today, I feel like a massive cloud has been lifted. Terrorism as a means to intimidate will never stop and I doubt we will leave Afghanistan any time soon (unfortunately), but I still cannot believe that for ten years, I carried 9/11 inside me. Maybe now we can all move on.