To borrow from President Franklin D. Roosevelt, September 11, 2001 is a day that will forever live in infamy within the hearts and minds of Americans. Make no mistake, it was a sucker punch that caught us by surprise. And that surprise came with a hefty price tag; almost 3,000 people of all colors and creeds paid for it with their lives. Americans who reached the age of reason by 9/11/2001 will never forget what happened that day; hopefully unborn generations will be properly taught.
All of us remember what we doing when those planes hit the Twin Towers, the Pentagon, and then the downing of the fourth plane, United Airlines Flight 93, in Shanksville Pennsylvania. How could we forget? What kind of person could forget the poor souls who decided to jump out of the Towers instead of burning to death? We saw it in real time - it was not a dream. Who in their right mind could forget the bravery and sacrifice of the NYFD and the NYPD? They were the first responders. Do you remember how many of their number died trying to save others? Do you remember the scene at the Pentagon when people of all stripes (including then Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld) were carrying out the injured? And how could you ever forget the bare, raw knuckled courage of the passengers of United Airlines Flight 93, who decided to make their deaths matter - Let's Go!
Fifteen years later we are still faced with the same forces of aggression and oppression. These forces want to destroy our way of life and will do everything they can to beat us into submission. As long as we keep the memory of 9/11/2001 burning bright, they will never succeed.
Terry Unger 09/11/2016
Terry Unger 09/11/2016
