Once Again, A Day of Remembrance

It has been 18 years since the morning that would drastically recalibrate America’s future. Nothing would remain the same: not travel and business protocols, not law enforcement at every level and not policy making in statehouses as well as in the halls of Congress in Washington, DC. From that point on, Americans would approach life very differently than we could have possibly imagined when we awoke that September morning.

That day’s events were much more than the recent infamous phrase that “some people did something.” Those “some people” – foreign hijackers who hated our way of life - killed 2,977 human beings here in America via our own planes. Simultaneously, they broke 2,977 families and damaged untold numbers of extended family members, friends, neighbors and colleagues because of that loss. Six thousand more were injured, with many more First Responders dying in the aftermath due to their recovery work at Ground Zero, the site of the Twin Towers in New York City.

Astute Americans must accept the unfortunate necessity of self-preservation that 9/11 taught us. Therefore, we must enact laws that can best achieve safety and security in the homeland. Not having enemies of our own choosing doesn’t mean that we don’t have enemies. And each anniversary of 9/11 is a searing reminder of that unfortunate fact.

Meanwhile, America has stopped this day to respectfully remember the lost. We also remember and feel deep compassion for those who loved them and miss them still. None will ever be forgotten.