Nine Eleven; 25 years

Each one of us in the New York City area had the horror of September 11, 2001 in our own yard. All of us in New York that are from every nation in the world watched with our own eyes the unwarranted and evil attack upon all the people of the world, because America is made of everyone from around the world. As we watched the smoke rise, so did the spirit of everyone from our city’s worldly population. Yes, our spirits were buried beneath the rumble at first, but that spirit slowly rose up against that perpetrated hatred. Then in the midst of the Ground Zero rubble, we all saw an iron cross still standing and as brothers and sisters from around the world, we hugged one another and we stood up together to rebuild our city, our country, our world, and the truth.

The outlook of a promising future for the world that began when the Berlin wall came down, has now been shredded from our hearts. Americans face a deceitful evil once again, one not seen since the bombing of Pearl Harbor when my 18 year old father went to defend freedom.

From this despicable attack and tragedy, I have witnessed one strong fact…

We are all one, we are all brothers and sisters. I have seen neighbors that held issues against each other, helping each other to display their American flags, 24 hours a day, with an electrical cord so a light can be shinning upon the Stars and Stripes.

I know when driving on rural country roads, just passing another car with a stranger, a friendly hello wave will occur. This type of occurrence in any shape or form never happens in a city or heavily populated areas. That is no longer a true statement today. People I don’t know are waving or nodding to everyone in passing cars, they are stopping and waving other cars to go ahead of them. People are holding doors open for others while promptly speaking words such as thank you, you are welcome, I hope your family is all safe, and God Bless. All this words that were never spoken before because we just didn’t have the time, now abound everywhere.

A powerful fact has been awaken in America, we are not one or the other, we are not part of them or one of those. We are not defined by one personal element, but as a whole. The United States of America is a conglomerate of everyone from around the whole world. We are one, one people, one team, one country. We are truly one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. I just pray that this undeniable fact and our Republic is never lost, forgotten or trashed.”