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| Source: www.Twintowers-newyork.com |
Can you imagine being trapped on a hijacked plane, slowly
realizing minute by minute that you would never get off? Can you imagine
sitting calmly at your desk and suddenly have the ceiling come crashing down on
you? Can you imagine fearfully racing to the stairwell to escape a 110 story
building, only to find that it is jammed with hundreds of other people trying
to do the same thing? Can you imagine being on the streets of a city and having
debris and rubble crashing down all around you? Can you imagine not knowing if
you would ever see your family again? Can you imagine lying helpless in the
rubble, knowing you would never see your family again?
I can only
imagine. I can only imagine from my safe little corner of the world how terrible
a day that was for millions of people, people who were going about a normal
day, people who had plans for the upcoming weekend, people who were going to
have dinner with their husbands and wives and kids that night, people who
thought that they had their whole lives ahead of them. But that fateful September
day changed everything.
Our nation watched in disbelief as those stately buildings
fell to the ground. We dreaded what would be next after yet another plane
crashed into the Pentagon. It was a day of terror, chaos, and sadness, and it
had the potential to significantly change the tone of what was a great country.
But that which is truly great cannot be undone.
Firefighters, police men, doctors, nurses and other public
service figures from all over the country immediately joined forces in rescue
and recovery efforts. Federal agencies, administrations, and engineers teamed
up to help with clean-up operations. Several branches of the military served to
provide extra security, food and shelter to relief workers, and missing family
member assistance. And this is only a fraction of how our nation came together
in tragedy to support each other, mourn for each other, and prove that we will
not be taken down.
Today as you hold your families tight remembering September
11th, 2001, please say a prayer of thanks for being part of a nation
that knows what it means to stick together. Pray for those who lost their lives
to terror, and pray for those who continue to stand up to terror. Pray that our
military may stay strong and capable. Pray that our leaders will have the
knowledge, guidance, and tenacity to make wise choices in the war on terror.
And last but not least, pray that God continue to bless our great U.S.A.
We will never forget our great loss, but we will also never
forget how our nation’s heroes have helped to come out stronger in the
end.
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