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Monday, September 11, 2006

Remembering 9/11

A day of memorials. A moment of silence. A time for reflection.

“The pictures of airplanes flying into buildings, fires burning, huge structures collapsing, have filled us with disbelief, terrible sadness, and a quiet, unyielding anger. These acts of mass murder were intended to frighten our nation into chaos and retreat.
But they have failed; our country is strong. A great people has been moved to defend a great nation. Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shattered steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.”
President George W. Bush, September 11, 2001 Address to the Nation

My heart feels heavy; and my tears come as fast as they did on that day five years ago. Godspeed to the victims, and to their families.