| Our Country has and will prevail, by the sheer strength of its people. We have been united this week by this horrible tragedy, a tragedy so terrible that none of us could have ever imagined that it would happen here in America. I say this not out of arrogance, but rather out of sheer love for this land that I share with all Americans. The terrorists that have done this deed, and those that supported it, may have taken something from us Tuesday September 11, 2001, at 8:45, and at 9:03 as their planes hit the World Trade Center in New York City, the plane that crashed into the Pentagon at 9:43 and then at 10:06 as the plane crashed near Pittsburgh. But we have gained a unity, and so much strength from this tragedy, strength that cannot be destroyed or ever stolen from us. To see people helping people, sacrificing their own welfare, and in many cases, giving of their lives for their fellow Americans. And let us not forget our visitors to our country from other countries who also have lost their lives in this terrible assault, and remember their friends and families abroad. I have cried like all of you for the sadness of the loss, and questioned why this has happened. It is hard for us to understand that there can be so much hatred, and meanness in the world. But America is strong, and so are we the people. We will prevail, we will fight for freedom, and we will continue to carry the dream of Liberty in our hearts. |
| Grieving and Recovery In New York Firefighters stand by the casket of New York Fire Department Chaplain Rev. Mychal Judge after his funeral service at St. Francis of Assisi Church in New York on Saturday. Judge died while giving last rites to a fireman in the aftermath of the collapse of the World Trade Center towers. |
