Nine Eleven was a day which made me feel humble but proud to be an American. It was a day when off-duty firefighters went into the burning towers knowing full well they would never come out. It was day when passengers of Flight 93 decided that that while they were doomed, they were free to choose the place of their death, and they did. In short, on Nine Eleven, we were badly wounded, but we were Americans and we showed our resolve. On Nine Eleven we showed that we were still a nation of heroes
I wonder what the Todd Beamers and Barbara Olson’s would think of the country they departed eight years ago today? Ralph Peters, New York Post, suggests that we have dishonored the memories of all our fallen heroes of Nine Eleven:
We’ve dishonored our dead and whitewashed our enemies. A distinctly unholy alliance between fanatical Islamists abroad and a politically correct “elite” in the US has reduced 9/11 to the status of a non-event, a day for politicians to preen about how little they’ve done.
We’ve forgotten the shock and the patriotic fury Americans felt on that bright September morning eight years ago. We’ve forgotten our identification with fellow citizens leaping from doomed skyscrapers. We’ve forgotten the courage of airline passengers who would not surrender to terror.
We have not all forgotten, but alas too many of us have. The site of the Twin Towers remains a hole in the ground. The memorial to the heros of Flight 93 does not exist. For too many have surrendered to forces of darkness. You may prove me wrong by showing me the words the President of the United States delivers from Ground Zero today.
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