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Today is a day we will never forget. Always remembering those lost that fateful day, always remembering our heroic Firefighters, Police and Military.
Has America Forgotten 9/11? -- [Army Live - LTC Kevin Arata]
I was at Bethesda Naval Hospital this morning, just north of Washington, D.C. Up on the TV in the lobby, at 9 am on CNN Live, a 9/11 Remembrance ceremony was taking place outside the Pentagon.
... a young service member, who probably could not hear the TV, was standing just below and in front of the TV, with his mom. He looked to be about 20 or 22 years old, with a deep scar across his shaved head, and a cane to aid in walking. From a distance, it appeared he had vision issues as well, and might have been blind. His mom was leading him out of the waiting area. I don't know if this service member was injured while supporting the war on terror, but it made me think about all the service members who are fighting for our freedom.
This whole scene - which took place inside of less than two minutes - got me to thinking, do we really remember this day and what happened eight years ago? Then I hear later from a friend that a recent poll by Rasmussen Reports indicates that 49% of Americans have forgotten about the 9/11 attacks.
Thoughts on 9/11 -- [Castra Praetoria - in Iraq]
I am an American fighting man who has pledged his professional service to his nation and will say this: if anyone or any group cares to make themselves a threat to the society I have sworn to protect then I am more than ready to eliminate that threat in any clime or place.
The heroes and victims of 9/11 - 2,976 men, women, and children -- [911 Families]
Please take whatever time you need to remember them all.
In addition to our list, we invite you to view and listen to an 'In Memoriam' tribute provided by Robert Shurbet
911 Remembered: Rick Rescorla was a soldier -- [Greyhawk]
Rescorla's office was on the forty-fourth floor of the south tower of the World Trade Center. The firm occupied twenty-two floors in the south tower, and several floors in a building nearby. ...However, over 2600 employees walked out of the south tower and in to the rest of their lives that morning.
Incredibly, you can "meet" Rick Rescorla via this video
FDNY operating in the South Tower on 9/11 -- [911 Families]
At 9:03 a.m., on 9/11, terrorists crashed United Airlines Flight 175 into the World Trade Center's South Tower. Four minutes later, the FDNY's Battalion 7 Chief, his aide, and five firefighters from Ladder 15 -- led by my wife's brother -- arrived in that tower's lobby. While a FDNY City-Wide Tour Commander set up the command post there, a Deputy Chief (4 Bravo) moved from there to Tower 2's staging area at West and Liberty Streets and the Battalion 7 Chief attempted to establish communications with the Battalion 1 Chief at the command post in the North Tower.
Battalion 7, his aide, and the five members of Ladder 15 then used a working service elevator that they had found and proceeded to the 40th floor. Their mission was to reach the fire floor, report on the situation there, and begin to direct the deployment of the additional units.
Matthew Lancelot Ryan - Someone You Should Know -- [BlackFive]
Battalion 1 Chief Matthew "Matty" Lancelot Ryan was not assigned to me in due course of the project. There were two reasons I requested to cover Chief Ryan for the project: [1] As I researched the fire chief, I discovered that we have a lot of similiarities (reading newspapers, hockey, and classic rock) and [2] someone that was originally assigned to cover Chief Ryan would have tried to hurt the Ryan family and tarnish the Chief's memory.
...Matthew Ryan was recognized as always being the team's rock in the storm of a fire. And because of his unflappable nature, he rose through the ranks in the Fire Department first as a fire fighter in Engine 280 in Brooklyn before becoming a lieutenant in Engine 43 in the Bronx among other assignments before becoming chief of Battalion 1 in Manhattan.
Thoughts on 9-11 from Afghanistan -- [Soldiers Angels Germany - LTC Steve Osterholzer]
Some of you have asked what my thoughts are of fighting in Afghanistan today, the anniversary of 9-11. It was one thing to mark the anniversary of that horrific day when I was in the states, perhaps going to a memorial ceremony or simply for a walk in the woods. To remember, to reflect on how I felt, to reflect on the state of our world then and now, to reflect on the morals, love, and evil of mankind. Well, it is all of that and more... so MUCH more, actually being HERE in Afghanistan, where those attacks all started. Serving here, the origin and the genesis of those attacks, where they plotted and trained for the attack that killed over 3,000 innocent Americans on our own soil, truly does feel like I am at "Ground Zero."
Eight Years Later by Clara Hart -- [From Our Perspective; some thoughts]
As my vision began to blur I scanned the names for one in particular. Unable to find it I clutched the flowers to my chest and began to cry in earnest. I remembered hearing the words "We can't find him" that day and in the days that followed. I smelled the jet fuel and saw the flames and black clouds of smoke rising from the destroyed building. I heard the "evacuate" orders and in my mind I watched people running. Pain blindsided me and sobs buried deep within clawed their way out. I wanted to fall to my knees, wrap my arms around my body and scream with the absolute agony of the hurt inside me. The sorrow overflowed and I was helpless. My friends, on either side of me, wrapped their arms around me and protected me from the onlookers witnessing this very private hell.
TWIN TOWERS 9-11: A First Hand Account -- [StormBringer] HT: Jimbo
I never felt like I had enemies but that changed on September 11, 2001. I was on a coffee break from training at Morgan Stanley's offices on the 61st floor of Tower 2 of the World Trade Center. The morning was beautiful, sunny, and crystal clear as I looked out the window toward the Statue of Liberty. The view was grand and I was happy to be in Manhattan again. "Yep, things were looking good."
Where were you September 11th? -- [Iron Camel - in Iraq]
September 11th, 2001: I was stationed at Camp Humphreys, Korea, it was late in the evening. Football was on TV and I had fallen asleep. Something on the TV had awakened me. Just before I turned it off, I caught the live news coverage.
...As I stared in amazement, another plane hit the second tower. This time I knew it was on purpose; I called my commander. "Sir, sorry to wake you, turn on the news."
"What am I watching?"
"Two jets just flew into the twin towers in New York."
"Start the alert roster, get everyone in."
"Roger, sir."
"Absent Companions" -- [Thunder Run]
What will you do to commemorate September 11th? I know I for one won't be watching any television that day, for September 11th has become a circus for the networks and I can't stand to see the images and voices on the screen that I still see in my memories. Feel free and join me in going to work and doing your job in the memory of those men who did their job and paid the ultimate price. Or join me in honoring those ordinary citizens who also paid the ultimate price for being at their job on that day. Or join me in honoring those American's who finally saw clearly what they had to do, and became citizen's in defense of their country. Just don't be surprised if you see me stop and say two short prayers to the men of Rescue 1 and Rescue 3.
In the military we have a toast for "Absent Companions" it's a simple toast to advise us to remember those of our brotherhood that are either not with us or no longer with us. So I admonish you all to raise a glass and toast our "Absent Companions" those 2996 lives lost on September 11, 2001
Brothers this one is for you.
September 11th And Have We Forgotten? -- [A Major's Perspective]
...You see, over the last 48 hours, I have heard a phrase over and over again, and it has really begun burning me up inside. Maybe it's because since September 11th, 2001, I have lost more good Friends and Soldiers then I care to count anymore. Maybe because many those times I was there as they breathed their last breath. Maybe it's because in the Military our families have given so much, that it will take years to catch up with one another. Maybe it's all of the above.
9.11.01 - Father Mychal Judge 00001 -- [HomeFront Six]
My life has two parts to it. The part up through September 10, 2001 and the part from September 11, 2001 to the present. A defining moment. My life as an Army wife also has two parts. The first part was where the biggest drawback or downside of military life was a hardship tour to Korea. The second part is life as I know it right now.
Special 9/11 Tribute show on You Served Radio -- [You Served Radio]
On tonight's show we are so honored to welcome as a guest Mr. Garry Trudeau. Garry is the acclaimed satirist and comic artist of Doonesbury. We are going to talk to Garry about his strip and some of the characters he has developed since 9/11. We will discuss BD's role mentoring Toggle and the creation of Toggle himself. We will also talk with Garry about his creation and The Sandbox milblog website and book featuring milblogs from many popular bloggers and the efforts he has put forth in raising money for The Fisher House foundation. Last but not least we will talk with him about what it was like for him as a resident of NYC to live through the day of 9/11/01 and how he has seen the city change.
September 11th Eight Years Later -- [Bouhammer]
...My fear is that if we don't feel the pain, if we don't look at the images, if we try to ignore or hide that the terrible day ever happened then we will forget what that day was really like just like most of this country forgot what December 7th, 1941 was like.
Where Were You? (Thoughts from Robert Stokely) - Gold Star Father
Robert Stokely has sent out another very moving tribute and thoughts about September 11...... Get your tissues, and say a few prayers for all our heroes.....
August 16, 2005, at approximately 0700 hours, news came to our home in Sharpsburg, news we did not want to hear. Mike Stokely was dead from wounds sustained in a powerful IED blast while on dismounted patrol near Yusufiyah, south of Baghdad. Eight days later, I was at Hartsfield International Airport to meet my boy coming in from Dover and watched them drape a flag over his casket. I look back now and I can only say thank God there are those willing to make the sacrifice that yields a flag draped casket. As long as we engage in battle, soldiers will die for this country.
Where were you... -- [Castle Argghhh!!!]
I opened up CNN's website, and there was a picture of the Pentagon. My blood ran cold. I had been in exactly that part of the Pentagon the Friday before. Exactly that part. As in, I'd been briefing LTG Maude in the very same conference room he just (though I didn't know it at the time) died in. And because I'd been working a project for the Army G1, I knew several people in that part of the building. In the event, I knew 13 who never went home that day.
My last job on active duty had been as the Plans, Operations and Training Officer for the 5th Army WMD Response Task Force - West. Our job was to coordinate the DoD support to a large-scale attack (usually envisioned as being by a WMD of some variety) against the United States west of the MIssissippi.
It's 9-11. Patriots' Day. A Day of Remembering. -- [SOME SOLDIER'S MOM]
I will be attending a 9-11 Memorial this evening in our town. This is the t-shirt I'll be wearing.
...And if anyone has the audacity to tell me that my shirt conveys the wrong message (as had been suggested to one of my sons who wore his shirt earlier this week), I will tell them that not only is it my right to wear it, but they'd be wearing this shirt, too, if they bothered to educate themselves about the enemy.
Lt. Col. Robert J. Hymel ~ I Remember -- [Gazing at the Flag]
Lt Col Robert Joseph Hymel, United States Air Force, Retired, was murdered in the attack on the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. He worked for the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) as a senior management officer in the Office of the Comptroller, Deputy Comptroller for Force Structure and Management. He was responsible for DIA joint manpower issues that focused on military human intelligence management and organization.
...During the course of his 24-year military career, Bob was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Purple Heart, and the Meritorious Service Medal, among others. He was a veteran of two campaigns, Vietnam and Desert Shield/ Desert Storm.
Eight Years Later: What 9/11 Means To Me Now -- [Kitchen Dispatch]
I remember when the planes flew into the twin towers. I went online and found my friends in India, Australia, Switzerland, Israel and France. We speculated about what this meant, how it would change things.
...Now, eight years later, we are sending a husband and father to war. Not just anyone. Ours. Mine.
And like I ought to be, we are all scared but keep going. After all, life is filled with uncertainty. I have no idea what the outcome will be, but then again, I never did before, either. But one thing: this is a time for kindness within our own walls, and outside.
Project 2,996: Op-For Remembers -- [OPFOR]
We willingly signed up with Project 2,996 to remember our two fellow alumni who were murdered in cold blood on the 11th day of September in the Year of Our Lord 2001. We remember:
Mr Charles William Mathers, VMI '62
Lieutenant Commander David Lucian Williams, VMI '91
N E V E R F O R G E T. Never forget them, and their families, and never forget why we're fighting. Never forget that the war was brought to us. Never forget that there is a time and place for cold, hard vengeance. Never forget that victory in this war is not a mere theoretical possibility, but an absolute requirement for a Nation that wishes to remain free and sovereign.
9/11 as a Lesson, Not a Memory -- [Washington Post]
" He reminded the high school juniors and seniors that he would be grading their notes. Then he dimmed the lights and played a video on the classroom TV.
...Eight years later, this is an example of what Sept. 11, 2001, has become for a generation that's too young to remember much, if anything, about that day: It is an educational DVD, a 167-page textbook, a black binder of class handouts titled "A National Interdisciplinary Curriculum." In Room C215 at Lincoln High School, images of the collapsing Manhattan skyline are now a classroom "warm-up exercise." "Militant," "imploding" and "rubble" are boldfaced vocabulary words for students to memorize. Homework assignments and essay questions ensure that Sept. 11 will indeed be remembered by millions of schoolchildren, if with a new sense of detachment.
Riots in Ghazni City as the Province Falls -- [Registan]
Ghazni Province is falling to the Taliban. There's no two ways around it: Radio Shariat is transmitting in the area again, and security forces are having a hard time tracking it down because apparently it is being broadcast on a mobile transmitter. Now Tim Lynch reports on a riot in Ghazni City itself:
...But here's an interesting angle to consider as well. Alex Strick van Linschoten tweets of a growing incidence of men getting killed by "Afghans dressed like Americans and pretending to speak in English" in Kandahar. While that sounds bizarre, it might also be more than simple mimicry-of-whomever-seems-scariest: if you as the Taliban can start credibly blaming all bad things on the foreigners, then you are that much closer to kicking them out of your country for good.
You buy the Ticket You Get the Full Ride -- [Free Range International - in Afghanistan]
...Tonight LtCol Kenny is in the Kunar Province taking over for one of his team leaders who was wounded during an ambush at a small little shit hole called Ganjagal yesterday morning. Four of his Marines were killed in that fight. That is grim work for a commander and I feel for my friend Jeff. There was a reporter (Jonathan Landy) from McClatchy news service embedded for this mission and his story is here. It seems that indirect and air delivered fires were denied to the men in contact because the Taliban had ambushed them using a village as cover and that would fall outside the newest use of force guidelines.
Darulaman mission-Part One -- [Afghanistan My Last Tour - in Afghanistan]
Today we would be part of an 8 vehicle convoy. Only 2 of my ETT teammates would accompany me as I was their HMMVW chauffeur. The twist in today's mission was we would travel a route that had never been driven before. After departing the camp, we later turned down a dirt side road through the market area. The locals stared at us as we passed by.
Darulaman mission-Part 2 -- [Afghanistan My Last Tour - in Afghanistan]
...After the Soviets departed the country, a power vacuum existed and warlords and alliances fought over territory.
These tribal feuds permitted the Taliban their opening to seize power and occupy various structures and governmental positions. In 2001, the alliances with the help of coalition forces engaged the Taliban and removed the Taliban from power.
Darulaman mission-Part 3 -- [Afghanistan My Last Tour - in Afghanistan]
After a grueling two hours and twenty minute ride we parked our armored vehicles and walked through the pedestrian gate of Camp Dubs. This camp was named after US Ambassador Adolph Dubs. On 14 February 1979, Ambassador Dubs was kidnapped by opponents of the Afghan Marxist government. The local police tried to rescue him, but in the process, his kidnappers executed him and riddled his body with bullets. Due to that incident, the US did not have an ambassador in Afghanistan until 2002 after the Taliban were rooted out from power.
Arming Counterinsurgents -- [Afghan Quest - in Afghanistan]
The Counterinsurgency Training Center - Afghanistan is growing, and its role in propagating the doctrine of counterinsurgency, or COIN, across many organizations is growing. Students of counterinsurgency from every branch of the United States Military, all of our NATO and Coalition allies, and most importantly Afghans from government, the Afghan Military, Afghan National Police and even non-governmental organizations (NGO's) are being trained in counterinsurgency every week. Some of this training is conducted on site at the CTC-A, while other training is carried directly to the units and organizations in the field.
Anatomy of a Rift -- [The Quatto Zone]
...national differences in the military's relationship with the press appeared to be in play. For Germans, the standard approach to events like Kunduz -- a plea for time to gather the facts, followed by a quiescent and ultimately anticlimatic period of investigation -- was an acceptable, orderly norm. Such a muted response was consistent with the mores of a nation whose embedded reporters are largely content to cover operations from official interviews at forward operating bases, and whose leading news magazine (Der Spiegel) submits its interviews with senior officials for review. For Americans, a commitment to press transparency was a grudging acceptance of the kind of Wild West atmosphere that produced the Post article. What may have appeared to Americans an effective way to emphasize a new approach in Afghanistan by inviting unfettered criticism of questionable actions was perceived by Germans as an unconscionable breach of decorum and trust.
There are signs that we may get past this. Although the political timing of the Kunduz attack was unfortunate, there are signs that it is forcing a conversation on German commitment that probably was inevitable.
Pete's Place -- [My trip to BAF - in Afghanistan]
Soon I will make my last post to this blog and this chapter in my life will be complete. I want to thank you all for everything that was done to support me, my family and the entire team here for the last 8+ months since going on orders back in JAN. Through CST in FEB and 6 months at Bagram, I have really appreciated all the cards, letters, packages, etc - but again, most importantly, your prayers.
We are very fortunate that nobody was seriously injured during our time and nobody got into any major trouble. We accomplished a significant amount of work and as a team, we made a vast improvement to the enduring operations on Bagram.
Warning of Further Kidnappings Issued in Afghanistan -- [Voice of America]
Security experts are warning more abductions of reporters and other foreign personnel are likely in the war-torn country, following the kidnapping and controversial rescue of a British journalist in Afghanistan. The alert was issued after the kidnapping and rescue of a New York Times reporter in Kunduz province. Another correspondent for the same newspaper was kidnapped outside Kabul last December and escaped his captors seven months later, after being taken to Pakistan.
NATO Losing The War Of Words -- [Strategy Page]
The Taliban continue to have more success on the Information War front, than in actual combat. A recent incident, where German troops called in a U.S. air strike on two fuel tankers hijacked by the Taliban, has become a Taliban victory. The German colonel who authorized the strike is being criticized for not making sure there were no civilians around the tankers, which were stuck in the sand.
Who Fights This War? -- [In Iraq Now (at 56) - in Iraq]
... She went off to basic at the end of the school year, trying to fit basic and advanced training into the summer break. Training did not quite fit her school schedule and she was just about done with training when the 9-11 attacks hit.
At that point she just wanted to serve and was jealous of the regular Army soldiers who were whisked away to airborne schools and other assignments. She served as an MP until 2004 when she trained to be a drill sergeant. Every summer after that she would "push troops" through Fort Knox, Kentucky, during the 11-week summer break at her school district. Her experience as a drill sergeant and an MP lead her to convoy training here in Iraq.
Envoy Says US on Track for 2010 Combat Force Withdrawal from Iraq -- [Voice of America]
US Ambassador to Iraq, Christopher Hill, says the United States remains on track to withdraw all of its combat forces by August of next year. Lawmakers on the House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Relations and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee asked Hill about the schedule and the upsurge in violence in Iraq. Appearing first before the House panel, Ambassador Hill said bomb attacks in Iraq are an effort to undermine the Iraqi people at a time US forces are gradually withdrawing under a timetable established by President Obama. "The violence represents an effort to undermine Iraqi authorities, to undermine them at a time when it is widely understood that US forces are beginning a departure.
Iraq Needs a Real Air Force -- [WSJ - Omar Fadhil Al-Nidawi and Austin Bay]
The US-Iraq Status of Forces Agreement says American combat units will depart Iraq by December 2011. At that point, Iraq's armed forces must provide for defense against internal and external threats. While Iraqi forces have improved remarkably, progress has not been even across all services. This imbalance is particularly acute in the case of the Iraqi Air Force. It's clear that Iraqi air defense forces will not be ready to handle the mission by 2011.
Russia Says No to Iran Nuclear Sanctions -- [WSJ]
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made it clear Thursday that Moscow wouldn't back any new rounds of tough sanctions against Iran in the United Nations Security Council, and he dismissed a US timetable for securing progress from Iran on ending its nuclear-fuel program. Mr. Lavrov's comments in Moscow cast doubt over the ability of the US to succeed in an effort to secure international backing for new sanctions. They also appeared to end any hopes that the Obama administration's "reset" of troubled relations with Russia would lead to Moscow's support for one of the top US foreign policy priorities. Just a day after US officials warned that Iran may already have enough enriched uranium to make a bomb if processed further, Mr. Lavrov said negotiations should begin without any imposed timetable. He also said that even if Iran tried to make weapons-grade fuel it would be detected and there would be time to respond.
A Succession Saga Goes Silent -- [Washington Post]
The murky process of hereditary succession in North Korea appears to have been suspended, at least for now, and the rise to power of Kim Jong Il's third son may be on hold, according to South Korean analysts and three organizations with informants inside the secretive state. Kim Jong Un, 26, is the likely heir to the dynasty that rules North Korea, South Korean intelligence officials told lawmakers here in June. His nomination was apparently triggered by the ill health of his 67-year-old father, who suffered a stroke 13 months ago and looked sickly in television footage in the spring. But Kim Jong Il has since shown signs of improved health.
US Risks Being Sucked into Yemen Civil War - [Daily Telegraph]
Tens of thousands of refugees are fleeing a vicious civil war that threatens to turn the key Arab peninsula state of Yemen into a terrorist stronghold and to suck the US into another sensitive conflict zone. The Yemeni government is to try to subdue a rebel Shia army in the north of the country. But its assault is meeting fierce resistance, with the Yemeni air force staging desperate forays to pound the rebels into submission. International observers fear that even if the US, a long-term ally, can stay aloof, the conflict might be subsumed in a regional war by proxy.
Al Qaeda 'Determined' Foe Despite Losses -- [Washington Times]
Eight years after the Sept. 11 attacks, current and former top U.S. intelligence officials say US and allied forces have decimated al Qaeda's leadership but that the organization remains a "determined adversary." Lt. Gen. Ronald Burgess, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, called the US record against al Qaeda "mixed." While al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahiri remain at large, the organization has been forced to "perpetually rebuild," he said. Still, al Qaeda remains a "determined adversary" and has had success in recruiting Americans to fight with it, he said.
A Date That Will Live In Infamy -- [Strategy Page]
The U.S. CIA is taking a lot of heat in the American Moslem community for arranging a dinner, and speech by the CIA director, for 150 prominent Arab (and Moslem in general) leaders in Michigan on September 16th. Unfortunately, this is the Moslem equivalent of Christmas Day. It's the 27th night of Ramadan, "The Night of Power." You get the idea.
...The CIA, like the FBI, is trying to recruit more Arabs, and Moslems in general, for work as field agents and analysts.
Firefighters to wear, sell red shirts to support troops -- [Sheboygan Press]
Starting today, Sheboygan firefighters will be wearing red shirts every Friday to show support for the US Armed Forces. The red T-shirts, emblazoned with ...
Support for troops at all-time low -- [News-Herald.com]
Anyone hoping to support the troops can help in simple ways. "We need candy and beef jerky," Miller said. "Beef jerky is their gold!
Support the troops rally -- [Toledo On The Move]
AP Video By Kelly Ruszkiewicz TOLEDO -- The community made atribute to our troops at the 5th annual support the troops rally on Wednesday
Edgewater airman gets hero's welcome home from Iraq -- [Annapolis Capital]
Since 2007, Operation Welcome Home Maryland has greeted over 40000 troops returning home from overseas deployment. The organization said it greeted more
Rockford's News LeaderVietnam vet passes down Purple ... -- [WREX-TV]
Families held up their welcome home signs and waited for their hugs and kisses. It's been over a year now since many of them last saw their family member.
Wounded troops recover as US war coverage wanes -- [Stars& Stripes/AP]
A year after Capt. Sam Brown was set ablaze when a bomb blew up his Humvee in Afghanistan, the 25-year-old West Point graduate endures a steady schedule of painful surgery and stretching to break up knotty burn scars.
He also has another routine: checking a Web site that counts U.S. and coalition troop deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan.
For Brown, it's one more regular reminder that the wars have not ended - something he says many Americans seem to have forgotten.
With the timetable set for withdrawal from Iraq and the fighting in Afghanistan nearing its ninth year, U.S. war coverage has waned, often pushed off the front page by the economy, health care and celebrity deaths.
REMEMBRANCE, 2009 -- BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -- [WhiteHouse.gov Blog]
Through the twisted steel of the twin towers of the World Trade Center, the scarred walls of the Pentagon, and the smoky wreckage in a field in southwest Pennsylvania ...
EXCLUSIVE: President Barack Obama on 9/11 anniversary: Every year on this day, we are all New Yorkers -- [NY Daily]
Eight years ago, on an ordinary Tuesday morning, nearly 3,000 lives were lost in the deadliest attack on American soil in our history.
It was an event that forever changed the life of this city. And it was a tragedy that will be forever seared in the consciousness of our nation.
Every year on this day, we are all New Yorkers.
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