Just a note on this somber day as we remember the battle fought here on our own soil.
This battle wasnt conducted by military forces, with a declaration of war, but by those who would wage terror on civilians.
Our Heroes that day were men and women of Fire Department New York, New York Police Department and the New York Port Authority who fought through the smoke, ash and flames to save those that they could.
Our Heroes that day were the Construction Workers who ran to the site of the World Trade Center some with equipment, some with only their bare hands to help their fellow Americans and fellow heroes.
Our Heroes that day were the Members of 15 separate Fire Departments who battled together in an attempt to save the Pentagon and save the lives of those who were trapped inside.
Our Heroes that day were the forty passengers on United Flight 93 who crashed a plane into a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania instead of letting it continue to its intended target somewhere in Washington DC.
It is the innocent lives that were lost that day that should be remembered, but let us also remember the heroes that day that showed what real American Spirit is about, To value the lives of others.
I want to thank each of you for coming out tonight to remember those heroes, to remember how our Nation united, even for one brief moment. I want to thank the members of our Fire Fighters and Police Officers as well as their families because I know that if you were there 9 years ago, you would not have done anything different.
May God always Bless our First Responders, May God Always Bless our Fighting Men and Women and may God Always Bless this Great Nation, The United States of America
excellent speech and i wish i could have been there.
ReplyDeleteIt is hard to believe that there are 8-9 year old children among us today who were not even born when all this happened. If you know an 8 or 9 year old, stop and take a look at them and all that has happened in that child's life. They have lived a long time, really. 8-9 years!!! It seems impossible to think 9/11 happened that long ago. To me, 9/11 was just like yesterday yet I look at 8-9 year olds I know and they are the proof that so much time has passed. So much time, but the memories, disbelief, and the sorrows are still fresh when I watch and listen to all the memorials. Remember how all the overpasses on the freeways were nothing but Americans waving American flags. Motorists were pulling over or slowing down and honking their horns. Everywhere you looked, were Americans displaying American flags. I remember talking with a young gal who was over here from Germany as a nanny. "No matter what had happened in Germany," she said, "you would never see this showing of patriotism and display of the country's flag." This event on September 11, 9 years ago(!) is something this country can and will never forget. We have the horrific pictures of people jumping to their death as well as the heart wrenching 911 calls and calls loved ones made to their families and friends from airplanes and buildings that spanned the blue skies one minute and were gone the next. I remember the arduous search in New York City for family and friends after the collapse. This event will always be alive in the hearts of Americans.
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