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| Thoughts On September 11th |
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by David Mittman, PA - September 7, 2011
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 Provided by Clinician 1
This will not be a deep look at 9-11. Not will it be political. Nor even a personal story. Why? Too many others who write better than I do will be doing those and more all this week.
I write this because I feel I have to, as September 11th, 2001 was a day that changed my world forever. More than any other day in my lifetime it changed everything I knew to be true. I think it did for every New Yorker more than for others. Also then for every person in America. Then the rest of the world. Ask London, ask Mumbai, ask Tel Aviv, ask Bali. For many generations it will always be our “Pearl Harbor Day”.
It changed the way we all look at the world, the way we plan our security, changed the way we travel and changed every family that has had people in harms way since. I will never feel as secure as I did before that day-never. I know I look at first responders differently. My mind always pays a tribute to those that never come back and those that continue to put their lives on the line for us. More than 3,000 children had parents taken away that day and since then tens of thousands more have in the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I think about them more than I would like to, not just on 9-11 anniversaries.
September 11th also leaves a legacy that is positive. Caring for their fellow humans is what so many of the victims did. The people who lead others down the stairs, the people on United Flight 93, the people who rushed into the flames at the Pentagon, the firemen who knew they were going to die running into the Twin Towers-all share something with us. They cared about people as we NPs and PAs do. They cared enough to act. We can honor their memories simply by continuing to care about each other, continuing to care about our professions, continuing to care about our patients and continuing to act in the best interests of our fellow Americans.
A part of many of us died that day. We all left something behind. There is nothing more to say.
Dave has been a PA, and later NP, leader for thirty years. He strongly believes that NPs and PAs must work together to insure a better future for both professions. Most recently Dave has been busy launching another dream; Clinician 1, the first internet community for PAs and NPs. In October 2008, Dave was honored by the New Jersey State society of PAs with its “Lifetime Achievement Award”.
The viewpoint expressed in this article is the opinion of the author and is not necessarily the viewpoint of the owners or employees at Healthcare Staffing Innovations, LLC.
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