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September 11
Eight years ago, our country suffered the worst terrorist act we had ever experienced on American soil. Thousands of innocent Americans lost their lives in this brutal, senseless and unprovoked attack.
In memory of those we lost, and in honor of those who defend us today, I hope you’ll take a moment of silence tomorrow morning at 8:46 a.m., the time when the first plane crashed into the World Trade Center.
We will never forget the courage of the passengers on Flight 93 who won the first battle in this new war. We will never forget the countless lives that were lost at the Pentagon, the Twin Towers or on the airplanes that were hijacked. We will never forget the families that continue to be affected by this senseless attack. We will never forget the bravery of the men and women who have kept us safe for eight years since that moment. We will never forget the perseverance and patriotism that 9/11 brought out in all of us. It is time to recapture that spirit of patriotism and pride in our country.
We must never forget.
God Bless America,
Jan Larimer, Co-Chairman
In memory of those we lost, and in honor of those who defend us today, I hope you’ll take a moment of silence tomorrow morning at 8:46 a.m., the time when the first plane crashed into the World Trade Center.
We will never forget the courage of the passengers on Flight 93 who won the first battle in this new war. We will never forget the countless lives that were lost at the Pentagon, the Twin Towers or on the airplanes that were hijacked. We will never forget the families that continue to be affected by this senseless attack. We will never forget the bravery of the men and women who have kept us safe for eight years since that moment. We will never forget the perseverance and patriotism that 9/11 brought out in all of us. It is time to recapture that spirit of patriotism and pride in our country.
We must never forget.
God Bless America,
Jan Larimer, Co-Chairman
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Permalink Reply by Carol Wright-Burkett on -
As I sit here in horror (again) watching the footage of 9/11 (again), I cannot help but cry (again) for the victims, the families, the feeling of helplessness of the emergency crews, and the gaping hole left not only in one of the most important cities of the world, but even more so for the gaping hole left in the hearts of Americans.
For a brief moment in time, we rose to the occasion, we joined forces with strangers, we worked as one momentous unit in order to prove that we cannot be broken. Unfortunately, too many of us have chosen, for whatever reason, to refuse to relive this day in our hearts and minds.
This day must be relived in its magnitude and horror over and over again. The events must be taught in the minutest detail and the footage must be shown to our children so that they can know at what price freedom comes to us.
Some say that we must move on, and I wholly agree. Moving on does not mean putting the past behind us and leaving the carnage and chaos in places too deep for our minds to retrieve. Typically, Americans move on by moving forward.
I am not a fan of daring someone to do something, simply because dares are usually associated with a childish prank for foolish act. But, I feel compelled to continually dare Americans to relive this day, to inhale deeply the immensity of the events, the irreparable pain, the intense fear, the unimaginable suffering, and the will and heroism of those who took immediate action at every level to do what they could to help those in need and to prevent further loss.
Time and again we are told that hindsight is always a 20/20 view. Today, Americans use that 20/20 view to look back and judge how this country responded to the declaration of war made on the United States this day. Some decisions may have been made too quickly, some not quickly enough. Instead of learning from the details of the past, too many have focused on using this day as a jumping point to rip at the very soul of America. Must we waste our energy and enthusiasm on striping each other of the pride and privilege of being an American, or is it possible that we can halt this unproductive approach and actually use this tragedy to move forward?
We have taken the stabbing pain from this horrific day and somehow transposed it into a raging fire of hate that we freely fling among ourselves. We have gone from sacrificing ourselves for strangers in need to attacking each other. We have done the very thing that our attackers had hoped we would do. We have succumbed to a hatred and distrust of ourselves, our countrymen, and our great nation that is more intense than that used against us on this day.
If the greatest country in the world fails in its fight for freedom and democracy, it will not be due to the failure of a few in high ranking offices, but instead, it will be due to the failure of the masses to remind ourselves of the minutest details of this day and to keep those memories close to their hearts so that their souls would be forever reminded of what it means to be free.
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Permalink Reply by Aditi Munmun Sengupta on -
I was in India when 9/11 happened. The first news was on TV and the next thing I remembered was my cousin who was preparing to go out with her father in law saw the massacre in the Tradecenter and lost her first baby in the process of this massacre.
It was a long silence period between us and still now we are going through that irreparabale damage that has brought the first crack in our family in United States which has not been repaired till date.
Having faith in the spirit of patriotic pride and love of Americans for their land, atleast I feel safe on many aspects of life.
Hope blessings come to us for a better life and a bright future ahead.
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