Ultimately, we suffered a horrible loss that day. The images still haunt me. There were 2996 immediate deaths on September 11th, 2001, but wasn’t just an attack on America. It was an attack on the world, with victims from over 90 countries.
Even now, victims and rescuers alike suffer life threatening medical conditions due to the exposure to toxins during the attacks.
And then, there’s the war. It doesn’t end. In the ensuing 14 years we’ve definitely taken the fight to the enemy and even cut their head off a time or two. But, like a hydra, they come back.
Even now, the world is faced with the threat of a resurgent Islamic fundamentalism that targets our ideals in both word and deed. We must oppose them in every case, lest our efforts thus far, be in vain.
Never Forgive, Never Forget
Tags: 9/11
I don’t know if you knew this, but one of the guys at the recruiting station that put both SSD and I into the Army, and the recruiter who handled my contract, was killed at the Pentagon on 9-11.
http://pentagonmemorial.org/explore/biographies/sgm-lacey-b-ivory-usa
Wow bro, I never knew. What a loss.
Lest we forget.
Honor the brave, remember the fallen. God bless all who were killed that day, and in the war since. This day was a transformational one for the world and for history… and for the future. I, for one, and I know many others on this site, were deeply impacted and shaped both personally and professionally by this day and those that followed. God bless the families who continue to suffer and mourn their losses, and to all those who run toward the danger to face our nation’s enemies at home and abroad.
CDC article on Lesson Learned re illnesses from working at the site, with a link to a training program on the medical ramifications:
http://blogs.cdc.gov/niosh-science-blog/2015/09/11/9-11-2015/#comments
ODMP lists 3 cops having died this year from illnesses contracted working the scene.