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We Will Always Remember: 9/11
Today - 14 years later - the shock and awe still haunts us, although perhaps a bit softened over the years. The pain and the heartache, though, still grips us. We are affected not as Men or Women, Young or Old, Rich or Poor, professionals or not, or members of any ethnic group. The memory affects us as Americans. On the morning of 9/11, our enemies didn't target any one group over another. They targeted Americans. Firefighters and other first responders risked their lives to save those dying and in danger.. They didn't see the scared and suffering in terms of race, religion, gender, or profession. They simply saw them as fellow Americans.
The spirit that the terrorists tried so hard to kill on September 11 has never been stronger. The attacks only solidified our commitment that America will survive and freedom will ring. The attacked forged a new generation of patriots. Men and women have been inspired in force to join the armed services. Over 3 million have volunteered.
The anniversary of 9/11 is about honoring and remembering. We remember the lives cut short and the families wretched in grief. We remember the horror, the fear, the courage, the devastation. We wondered... we hoped and prayed that God was merciful that day. We were grateful for the selflessness of the responders. We remember the brave firefighters who went up fiery blackened, smoke-filled staircases to save complete strangers and the clergy who performed the last rites and comforted those who were injured and dying. 343 firemen and paramedics lost their lives on that fateful morning. We have such fondness and respect for our firefighters. They are a special breed. For one, the death card is one that every firefighter carries in his hand. He hopes he never has to play it, but it's always there. Every time we hear a siren or a fire truck wail, we instantly know that a life will be saved. Sadly, we never know if the fireman's life will be sacrificed.
The anniversary of 9/11 is also about respect and an unspoken duty to keep 9/11 from fading in significance. It's about a solemn promise to fellow Americans to keep their spirit and sacrifice alive. As Scottish poet Thomas Campbell wrote: "To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die." 3000 unarmed, innocent Americans were targeted for death in NYC and Washington DC for no other reason except they were Americans. It could have easily been my husband or my child who was on one of those planes, or your husband, wife, or child.
It is said that the test of any religion, government, political system, or educational system is the type of man or person that it forms. With that in mind, let us think back to the way Americans came together in light of the suffering of their fellow man. And then compare our system to the one which produced the monsters who flew planes into buildings and the animals who cheered as Americans suffered and died.
May all those who died on 9/11 rest in eternal peace, may all those who responded and are still with us continue to share the story of that day, may all the family members of those who died responding to the peril and fate of their fellow New Yorkers, may they be comforted by esteemed place they occupy in our hearts, and may all Americans continue to remember what happened on that horrific day...
Like A Comet
Blazing 'Cross The Evening Sky
Gone Too Soon
Like A Rainbow
Fading In The Twinkling Of An Eye
Gone Too Soon
Shiny And Sparkly
And Splendidly Bright
Here One Day
Gone One Night
Like The Loss Of Sunlight
On A Cloudy Afternoon
Gone Too Soon
Like A Castle
Built Upon A Sandy Beach
Gone Too Soon
Like A Perfect Flower
That Is Just Beyond Your Reach
Gone Too Soon
Born To Amuse, To Inspire, To Delight
Here One Day
Gone One Night
Like A Sunset
Dying With The Rising Of The Moon
Gone Too Soon ("Gone Too Soon," by Michael Jackson)
The Rufino Family will always remember 9/11.
Publisher's note: Contributor Diane Rufino also serves of co-publisher for Pitt County NOW.
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The spirit that the terrorists tried so hard to kill on September 11 has never been stronger. The attacks only solidified our commitment that America will survive and freedom will ring. The attacked forged a new generation of patriots. Men and women have been inspired in force to join the armed services. Over 3 million have volunteered.
The anniversary of 9/11 is about honoring and remembering. We remember the lives cut short and the families wretched in grief. We remember the horror, the fear, the courage, the devastation. We wondered... we hoped and prayed that God was merciful that day. We were grateful for the selflessness of the responders. We remember the brave firefighters who went up fiery blackened, smoke-filled staircases to save complete strangers and the clergy who performed the last rites and comforted those who were injured and dying. 343 firemen and paramedics lost their lives on that fateful morning. We have such fondness and respect for our firefighters. They are a special breed. For one, the death card is one that every firefighter carries in his hand. He hopes he never has to play it, but it's always there. Every time we hear a siren or a fire truck wail, we instantly know that a life will be saved. Sadly, we never know if the fireman's life will be sacrificed.
The anniversary of 9/11 is also about respect and an unspoken duty to keep 9/11 from fading in significance. It's about a solemn promise to fellow Americans to keep their spirit and sacrifice alive. As Scottish poet Thomas Campbell wrote: "To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die." 3000 unarmed, innocent Americans were targeted for death in NYC and Washington DC for no other reason except they were Americans. It could have easily been my husband or my child who was on one of those planes, or your husband, wife, or child.
It is said that the test of any religion, government, political system, or educational system is the type of man or person that it forms. With that in mind, let us think back to the way Americans came together in light of the suffering of their fellow man. And then compare our system to the one which produced the monsters who flew planes into buildings and the animals who cheered as Americans suffered and died.
May all those who died on 9/11 rest in eternal peace, may all those who responded and are still with us continue to share the story of that day, may all the family members of those who died responding to the peril and fate of their fellow New Yorkers, may they be comforted by esteemed place they occupy in our hearts, and may all Americans continue to remember what happened on that horrific day...
Blazing 'Cross The Evening Sky
Gone Too Soon
Like A Rainbow
Fading In The Twinkling Of An Eye
Gone Too Soon
Shiny And Sparkly
And Splendidly Bright
Here One Day
Gone One Night
Like The Loss Of Sunlight
On A Cloudy Afternoon
Gone Too Soon
Like A Castle
Built Upon A Sandy Beach
Gone Too Soon
Like A Perfect Flower
That Is Just Beyond Your Reach
Gone Too Soon
Born To Amuse, To Inspire, To Delight
Here One Day
Gone One Night
Like A Sunset
Dying With The Rising Of The Moon
Gone Too Soon ("Gone Too Soon," by Michael Jackson)
Publisher's note: Contributor Diane Rufino also serves of co-publisher for Pitt County NOW.
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Stan Deatherage said:
( September 12th, 2015 @ 8:01 pm )
You still lost.
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So did you graduate from Idiot U--- or what, Stan???
 You don't even know how to ask decent questions, much less admit you are the Contemporary Ancestor George Bernard Shaw cited as a real Conservative . . . 
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Then prove it, answer definitive questions with definitive answers, which you don't, you won't.
Now, strike 3, you're out. You just lost yet another debate to me, and in just one statement. You really should try to get your money back from: 
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Strike 2---Stan!!! One of the marks of "liberal" is independent thinking and difficulty forming the mindset of lock step conservatism. Re-read my series on the Southern Baptist Convention takeover and you have a clear picture of "the end justifies the means to it" of the Conservative Resurgence . . .
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The conspiracy theories are a bizarre linkage system, like group-think talking points, to keep Liberals bound together, since Liberals generally can not think for themselves, and need constant instruction.
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With the USS Cole and the embassy bombings, there was plenty of proof.
Stop with the revisionist history. |
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Stan---your prejudice and lack of reason is showing, my friend!!! Had Clinton struck from out of the blue with no proof of his attempt before it was attempted---your jerk buddies in Congress would have quit trying to impeach him over the Monica Cigar and accused him of aggression without provocation.
Somehow you never get that any so called "Liberal" is a Patriot just like you . . . Your mule blinders are especially showing today, buddy!!! |
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It should have been prevented.
President Clinton had the opportunity to kill bin Laden and he did not. And then "BUSH LIED, KIDS DIED!", when many Democrats and most Democrat politicians became traitors as Americans while we were at war. I will never forget how they conducted themselves, before their little cheers, and then they all forgot how ready they were to go to war - the Democrats in congress. Similarly, I would hate to be in a foxhole with a pansy-assed Liberal. First of all, aside from their predilection to run before fight, they would never shut-up. |
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This was a pivotal day which could have been prevented, folks!
We had much information there was a "Planes Plan" afoot. NC had a connection in that one or the culprits was a Chowan College student made fun of by others for his daily prayer activities. Students even stole his shoes removed to pray! Chowan is a small Baptist College in Murfreesboro; just to then north of Beaufort County! The big UNANSWERED QUESTION is "How did 4 clearly hijacked commercial planes fly over the most air-based part of this country and the Standing Order was to intercept and force down any aircraft without its transponder showing on the radar screens of the FAA?" In part, it was a fiasco of our own negligence to be vigilant under George Bush. The Standing Order needs no new order. HOWEVER, it can be countermanded by the highest level of Military Command = George Bush / Dick Cheney. . .it is an automatic plan of action when an air threat is present!!! Next, came the big lie to make Iran and Saddam Hussein the target of US revenge. Sure, he was a despot, but had nothing really to do with the actual event and Osama ben Laden. In fact, the Bush friendship with that Big Oil family got then a quick exit on military airlift command planes we paid for with our taxes! The long term biggest effect of 9/11 is lowering the Due Process Standards of our freedoms so we can now be constantly monitored. I have gotten a visit and threat of "you should retain Legal Counsel" from the Homeland Security / Secret Service folks who visited with me --- holding Western Union receipts in their file folder over my innocent sending of money to someone in Africa!!! A free nation with constitutional protection of privacy is no longer a reality --- as a direct result of 9/11. The Gestapo and German Democratic Party (Nazi) party worked steadily until people were in Concentration Camps who were not Pure Aryans! Any who protested their loss of free speech had to leave for American and England. The, now famous, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, was imprisoned and hung. His most famous statement was: "When they came for the Professors I did not speak up---I was not a Professor. When they came for the Jews I kept quiet---I was not a Jew. When they came for me---there was no one left to speak up for me!" 
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