Let's Not Forget 9/11

On this day nine years ago, America was attacked. Thousands of innocent lives were lost. New York's firefighters and police officers risked everything to save the lives of strangers. Everyday business travelers mounted a heroic airborne defensive to save our nation's capitol. The brave members of our military sprung into action, driving al-Qaeda from many of its strongholds in Afghanistan and removing Saddam Hussein's oppressive regime from power in Iraq.

You and I may not agree with the details of our government's handing of foreign policy and national security, the length of the occupation of the middle east, or the ways in which America has changed since then. The entire country will probably never agree on whether a mosque should be allowed to be built on a site that was damaged by falling debris from the World Trade Center when it could just as easily be built anywhere else.

Regardless of our stances, we need to pause and reflect on the loss, the heroism, the pain, and the patriotism which arose when clouds of smoke desecrated a clear-sky morning in New York and Washington.

We must never forget.

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