I'm a little ashamed I didn't do this sooner. It's a part of history we should all acknowledge:

The other 9-11.

A friend of mine, an American citizen born in Colombia, was in Europe right after 9-11 2001, and he described to me last night, over too many drinks, the support he received, the sense of sadness and loss that was expressed to him as an American by everyone he met. But as he said, we threw it all away.