Remembrance and Resolve on 9/11/08.
Posted by Carlos C. on Thursday, September 11th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
Today, all Americans of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on our country. Even with the passage of time, it does not get any easier commemorating this day. Our memories are for our family members and friends, our neighbors, so forcefully and maliciously taken from us in a span of two hours. We remember our brief sense of love and unity where we all became Americans instead of citizens in a particular racial, political, social, or economical class. Our resolve is to transform our anger into a means for action, such as joining our military, or supporting our troops unconditionally. It is a resolve to right what was wronged, a resolve for justice, and a resolve for vengeance.
Never forget our anger that day. Never forget Betty Ong. Never forget Betty’s resolve to help the passengers on Flight 11.
Never forget our anger that day. Never forget the decision our neighbors had to make, either suffocating in a sea of fire and black smoke, or jumping to their deaths.
Never forget our anger that day. Never forget Kevin Cosgrove. Never forget his passion for life and his will to live, to see his family again, though he never got that chance.
Never forget our anger that day. Never forget the victims at the Pentagon and the victims on Flight 93. Perhaps a cruel twist of fate is that hardly any or no video exists of the attack against the Pentagon and the heroism of the passengers on Flight 93. But we know their story. We know that all the passengers on all four flights did their best to fight back. We know our first victory against terrorists and the War On Terror occurred on a grassy field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
Never forget our anger that day. Never forget President Bush’s resolve to lead our nation through this tragedy. Never forget our unity on September 14th, 2001. This video always makes me cry because I wish we were still united in this way, the way it should be. We fight amongst one another for political and social power and control, but we must never forget that in the midst of our infighting is that we are still family, we are still Americans, and we are all that we have in this world.
May God bless all of you, and may God bless America.
Hat Tip: Michelle Malkin
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