I think they still need a few hundred bloggers (although since Michelle Malkin has posted it on her site this will probably change quickly) so if you have a blog and are interested visit 2996: A Tribute to the Victims of 9-11 for more information.

It's so hard to believe sometimes that almost five years have passed since that terrifying day. I still remember it as though it was yesterday...wrapped up in a blanket from morning until I couldn't keep my eyes open anymore watching the news and sobbing. I don't doubt that we lost some of the best people that America has to offer on that day.

I didn't even personally know anyone who died in the attacks and yet I felt and still feel such a profound sense of loss everytime I read or hear about the victims. I can only imagine what their family members must be going through if it still affects me in such a way five years later. The fact that the woman I will be paying tribute to has a twin sister breaks my heart even more. I cannot imagine losing my own baby sister in such a way (or in any way really), but to lose a twin...God...that's unimaginable.

I decided to participate in this tribute because I feel like a lot of people want to just forget about what happened to us on 9-11 and forget about the fact that thousands of their fellow Americans still live with a pain that is palpable. We need to join together to remember the victims of the senseless hatred directed towards our country and reach within ourselves to find the resolve to keep on fighting the good fight so that nothing like this will ever happen again.

Edit: There is a reason why I am adding this edit but I won't go into detail. Suffice to say, it seems like some people out there would like to forget the collective promise we made as a country to never, ever forget (perhaps out of their annoyance that 9-11 helped Bush win re-election?). I for one, do not intend on breaking that promise. I REFUSE to forget because there are so many Americans out there who don't have the option of forgetting - they can do nothing but live with their loss for the rest of their lives. We owe it to our fellow Americans to remember. I think this post from the creator of the tribute project sums it up very well:

Part of me would like to say that wasn't the reason I created this. And I suppose consciously it wasn't the reason. But maybe my subconscious, like many of yours, was looking for a way to remember, to feel connected.

As easily as I tear up when I read about Candace I can tell I'm not over the pain, fear, anger and loss of 9/11.

Maybe I never will be.

Maybe I don't want to be.

Maybe that's a good thing.

I don't know if the majority of the bloggers participating are liberals or conservatives and I really don't care. This is something that should transcend politics and party affiliations. If 9-11 taught us anything it was that we are all Americans. I have very little respect (actually, none) for anyone who can't recognize that.