Remembering the Heroes on Patriot Day

Twenty one years have passed since the horror of the insidious terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center buildings, on the Pentagon, upon innocent lives, and since the days of September 11, 2001, Americans have been affected in direct or indirect ways by the attacks upon the nation and upon the American way of life, and upon the American psyche. It is very obvious that America has not been the same since. In the days following 9/11, America changed dramatically. We speak of post-9/11 as the day became a demarcation line between the “old” America and America we live in today. So, at the dawning of the new millennium, a devious, destructive, and deadly terrorist organization, known as Al-Qaeda, conducted these sneak attacks upon civilian and military targets as they managed to weaponize commercial airliners against multiple targets, civilian and military alike. Tragically, the combined terrorist attacks on 9/11, resulted in the murders of over 2,977 people and the injury of 6,000 others -- people from over 90 nations died in these attacks. Memories of the attacks on the civilians in the Twin Towers, the military and civilian personnel at the Pentagon, and defenseless passengers on the airliner that went down in an obscure field in Pennsylvania, left permanent scars on the nation and upon the people.