Today is a day of mourning in this country as it has been every year since 2001, and there are not enough waking hours within it to read every word of every worthy article and tribute and commentary and memory posted on the Web. Others have already said it, and better, so I want to show you a few things.Rick Rescorla -- Viet Nam veteran (you may remember him from "We Were Soldiers") who perished on 9/11 as he helped bring 2,700 other people to safety out of a tower he knew was going to collapse -- was a man among men.
Honor his memory and heroism by reading about his exceptional life here, at Mudville Gazette.
Also noteworthy is "The World Mourns", a moving collection of photos illustrative of the grief and empathy felt by citizens of other nations in the days immediately following the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. May we never see so many flowers adorning the gates of our embassies again.
Prayers today, please, for the United States and her leadership, and for all who are still haunted by the events of that day.
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Employees on the Hill got together almost spontaneously on the 14th and we sang your national anthem at the top of our lungs. Since I had spent 5 years of school in US schools, I knew the words. Even now, when I sing "the land of the free, and the home of the brave" at the end, I get all choked up.
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