Remembering September 11
For the men and women killed in the September 11th, 2001 attacks.
For the brave first responders, servicemen & women, and civilians who made the sacrifice in trying to save lives that day.
For the passengers and crew of the flights who overcame immeasurable fear in sounding the alarm that we were being attacked.
For the passengers and crew of Flight 93 who were the first to take up arms and fight back, defeating the enemy that morning in the first counter-attack against the Taliban and radical, militant Islam.
For the everyday people who dropped everything to help out in New York City and Washington D.C. in the days and weeks after the attack.
For the men and women who stepped up to serve in uniform in the months and years after, answering the call of service to their nation.
For the children and families of those killed or touched by the attacks.
For all our children who will study this as history, without the knowledge of being there or being alive when the attacks took place.
May the blessing of the earth be on you, soft under your feet as you pass along the roads, soft under you as you lie out on it, tired at the end of day;and may it rest easy over you when, at last, you lie out under it.