On Tuesday September 11, 2001 the horrifying “Attack on America” took place.  For those of us who were alive at that time, the memory of that day is as fresh in our minds as if it were yesterday. NEVER again and never forget! 

So many tributes have been given to the victims and the rescuers of 9-11 and, yet, it seems that it will never be nearly enough. If only someone could have stopped it before it happened  but one thing is for sure – we will never, ever forget.

Remembering 9-11

There were incredible heroes that day.
There were heroes in the air, especially on Flight 93 where they wrestled that plane from the highjackers and saved …what…  The White House?  The Capitol?  Something big and full of real people was its target. They gave their lives to save many.

There were heroes among the rescue workers,fire fighters and onlookers, too. Ordinary people doing extraordinary things.

Time Square Church, just a stone’s throw away, played a roll in feeding the rescue workers. They made thousands upon thousands of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to feed those workers, keeping them going, in their impossible mission of rescue.

Miracles:  there were the hard-to-explain events that day which can only be explained as God.  Such as the story of the  firefighters who came out of nowhere and evacuated a nearby school.  Equipped with oxygen masks for the children’s faces, they delivered them out of harm’s way right before the towers came down. Who were those mysterious heroes?  There had been no way to get that kind of help to those children in time.  It all was happening too fast, too unexpectedly.  But help did arrive.  And how many cases of “I should have been there…” stories did we all hear? Still we wish that we knew in time to prevent it all together.

ABC News shared a story of Patrick Lyons, whose courageous father was one of the fire fighters who gave his life while rescuing others at the Twin Towers.  Click here to view his story!

Have you noticed that the number of real tributes to the victims and heroes of 9-11 dwindled these past years?  Maybe they are waiting for the next big anniversary.

Every year needs a special time of remembrance.  For those of us who are baby boomers, we know that Pearl Harbor day (Dec. 7) was remembered in a big way every year with specials on TV and the printed media year after year.  It was wrong not to do it.  Even if we had been too young to really remember, we remembered anyway. Our parents and grandparents and teachers made sure of it.  It was a “day in infamy”, as President Roosevelt said and we all knew it.  Let’s not shove our 9-11 memories away.  We must never forget.

Did you know that BLOGGERS played a big role in communications that day?  

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God Bless America♥