Posted on 09/10/2008 11:58:06 AM PDT by Daniel T. Zanoza
9/11 -- WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN + WE MUST ALWAYS REMEMBER
Every generation can recall an event that is collectively seared into the mind of a nation and its people. From the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941 to the assassination of John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963 and now including that horrible day on Sept. 11, 2001, individuals can tell you where they were, what they were doing and the thoughts that were permanently etched into their minds on those days. The most mundane recollections became riveting stories of the human experience, designed to be filed away in an emotional time capsule which will never be lost.
In 2006, RFFM.org commemorated the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy by interviewing five members of the local and national media. Chicago area journalists shared their recollections of 9/11 five years after the devastating attacks which took the lives of thousands of innocent men, women and children in New York, Washington, D.C. and in a rural field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Touching, riveting and emotional--these individuals expose their inner feelings about one more day that will live in American infamy. Read the thoughts of Charlie Wojciechowski--NBC 5 Chicago; Phil Ponce--host, Chicago Tonight WTTW (PBS); Chuck Goudie--ABC 7 Chicago; Mike Flannery--CBS 2 Chicago; and Michael J. Waters--publisher and editor, Daily Southtown (now called the Southtown Star).
RFFM.org thought it appropriate to once again post these poignant recollections of a day that truly will never be forgotten...
(Excerpt) Read more at rffm.typepad.com ...
We will never forget.
I am still amazed that Mecca is not yet a smoldering crater..
Sooner or later, it will be.
America still has a tear in her eye. When that tear clears, and we see down the scope with crystal clear vision, and squeeze the trigger, radical islam will cease to exist.
“Speedily, and in our day”..
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