I want to take a moment to honor the law enforcement and EMS personnel who responded to the deadly terror attack earlier this week in San Bernardino, California. They did a great job and their swift and decisive action prevented even more deaths.
I’d also like for us to take a moment to honor the victims of this attack. They were friends and family to many and will be dearly missed.
TNVC would like to extend a heart-felt thank you to all our Service Men and Women. Without you, we would not be here today.
Thanks to reader Andrew L for this inspirational images.
The Freedom Tower.
The “light” towers are actually teo blocks away from the original site.
View lookng up from the middle of each a light “tower”.
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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
Later that day, at 1720 – 7 World Trade Center, a 47-story building, collapses.
1028 – The North Tower of the World Trade Center collapses.
1003 – United Airlines Flight 93 is crashed by its hijackers as passengers try to retake the plane over Somerset County, Pennsylvania. There are no survivors.
0958 – The South Tower of the World Trade Center collapses.
