“The story isn’t a few wackos who come because you and your cameras and notebooks are here, you fools! The story is over there, in the hole that still haunts us. The story is about the families and about the heroes and about the memories and about that hole. The story is even about WTC 7, now rising above the void, shining in a sky as bright as that five years ago today. The story is about the crowd of people — more than I’ve seen in recent years — who came to pay their respect.”

The Huffington Post has a post on CNN’s real-time streaming of coverage as it happened five years ago, which is chilling to watch today. As Danny Shea wrote:

“CNN Pipeline's (free) real-time rebroadcast of CNN's original 9/11 coverage seemed a bit gimmicky initially, but watching the story unfold in real time, with so little information s when just one plane had flown into just one tower and it was already a huge, huge story — it takes you back with a surprising intensity, and is surprisingly mesmerizing.”

The Blogger’s Blog has a very thorough collection of what the bloggers are saying today. Already “9/11” is Technorati’s top search term today, a phrase that’s been growing in searches over the past few days as the anniversary grew closer, with “Path to 9/11” right behind it.

Think Progress has a timeline with pointed political observations, including a collection of updates on the ABC docudrama, “The Path to 9/11.”

All of the different perspectives on the day only remind you how important blogs are for not only providing news, but serving as a much-needed outlet for reflection, caring, and support.

My favorite post, courtesy of Gaping Void, had to be one that didn’t have any words.