Nine Years Later, I Have Not Forgotten and I Will Never Forget

It seems like only yesterday, but it was nine years ago today when America
was tragically and brutally attacked on September 11 of 2001. Some 3,000
people, many of whom had done nothing more than gotten up, kissed their
spouses goodbye, hugged their children and gone off to work never came home
again, all because 19 so-called human beings decided they needed to fly
planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Thankfully, the
passengers on the fourth plane, United Flight 93, were determined not to see
another landmark devastated and were some of the first fighters in the war
on terror, going down with that plane in an open field in Pennsylvania.

Earlier this year, I read "Let's Roll" by Lisa Beamer, wife of Todd Beamer
who was a passenger on Flight 93. I've not seen the Flight 93 movie, but
reading the book and Lisa's account of the events on and after 9-11 sends
chills down my spine.

Today, all of us are working, attending classes, spending time with family
or friends, attending sporting events or whatever. Whatever you are doing,
pause for a few moments to remember those who died on 9-11. Today, I went
out canoeing with some friends. It's my freedom to do those kinds of things
that the terrorists who attacked our country despise.

May we all remember 9-11 and the people who died that day, especially the
first responders who gave their lives to try saving others. May there
never, ever be another tragic attack like 9-11 on our nation or anywhere
else in the world again. And may God continue to bless the greatest country
in the world, the United States of America.