Today is a day that is a permanent stain on my memory. No amount of scrubbing can remove what history demands we never forget. On 9.11.2001 America learned the high cost of liberty, for on that day as the fires raged, buildings fell and heroes were baptized in the sea of life lost we witnessed the price of freedom and despite the toll demanded we pledge to remain resolute in freedoms defense. We do this with humility and gratitude. In our deep reflection for those who paid the ultimate price to provide us with a window into the inhumanity of suffering and bondage under the thumb of tyrants and despots. Their sacrifice is our mantle to pick up and carry forward with the same dedication and passion granted to us. This is my Anthem, my prayer.
Becausefreedom demands that it is protected with an unwavering obligation by those who possess the highest integrity for it is the greatest gift humanity has been granted. Freedom has built the greatest society, cultivated some of the most brilliant minds, rescued some of the most destitute people and inspired the aspirations of those who were once hopeless. Freedom is the beacon of hope drawing those bound by tyranny drowning in despair. Freedom must be earned, lived and maintained as the sanctuary for all those who believe in man’s greater capacity to serve and to do good.
History is replete with opportunities to truly embrace freedom only to see them squandered forgotten or ignored. Our charge is to never forget the lives given in the defense of liberty, September 11th,2001 should be our line in the sand, our first day of the rest of our free life. We must never forget to remember that the price of freedom is great but the reward of liberty is man’s destiny with the admonition that we earn it, live it and maintain it with honor while showing others the way, now and into the future. should we shrink from remembering, honoring and committing to pass on the stories of those who sacrificed, we doom ourselves to ceding our freedom and their sacrifice to humanities antagonists. God Bless America, God Bless those who innocently perished on that day and God Bless those Brave First Responders who ran into the danger embracing their fate while keeping the promise of freedom for a time. This is why we can never forget and why we must always remember.
Photo below is the iconic picture of Firefighter raising the American Flag on the rubble of the Twin Towers at Ground Zero.
