Every year, I feel it is essential to review 9/11 and the catastrophes included. Despite the fact that we fly anglers frequently pride ourselves on the capability to leave the “genuine” world behind– often for weeks at a time– we’re not detached from truth. We have a stake in everyday life simply as much as anybody else.
Today, in honor and remembrance of that disaster, I discovered this essay by Brian Pitre, released almost ten years back. In it, he information the battles of discovering the 9/11 attacks while in a lodge in Iliamna, Alaska. This was well prior to web or mobile phone protection made its method to the Last Frontier.
It’s a sobering suggestion for everyone that, regardless of our best shots to get in touch with the natural world through fly fishing, we still need to belong to the genuine one.
Check out the story here.
