World Pays Tribute to Attack Victims

www.NYTimes.com (News from A.P.) ^ | 09/13/2001 | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

[RonDog]

(In case you missed this while FR was down.)

Please add links to any OTHER important threads about the current crisis that you think others may have missed. I will, too.

[RonDog]

Two American women sing the U.S. national anthem at the Queen Victoria Monument outside Buckingham Palace in London Thursday, Sept. 13, 2001. A special Changing of the Guard ceremony followed by two-minutes of silence took place in memory of the victims of the terrorist attacks on the United States. Photo by Alastair Grant (AP)

From an EXTRAORDINARY photo thread:

some photos from around the world regarding disaster
Posted on 09/13/2001 08:06:34 PDT by InvisibleChurch

[RonDog]

Just want to give you a report. My wife and I are expats working in London, about 5 minutes from Buckingham Palace. We went down there around 11:00. I'd estimate about 2000 people were there, both at the gates and sitting atop the monument facing the palace. The mood was somber and reflective, and though American voices dominated, many British and European voices were heard. The troops marched in playing traditional parade music and before the guard was changed, there was a brief pause. The first bar of the Star Spangled Banner began, and I began to get a little misty eyed. By the second line, the crowd was dead silent, except for a chorus that seemed to rise up from the group. The lyrics of the anthem coincided beautifully with the events of the last three days. All I could do was squeeze my wife's hand.

At the close of the anthem there was brief, almost defiant applause. Then the entire crowd, old and young, of all nationalities, bowed its head in prayer for those dead and missing.

This was followed by God Save the Queen (which no one mistook for God Bless America), the changing of the guard, and the recessional. It was utterly moving.

23 Posted on 09/13/2001 08:37:56 PDT by Gracchus

From
Star Spangled Banner played at changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace
Posted on 09/13/2001 06:04:49 PDT by KneelBeforeZod

[RonDog]

Posted by Jim Robinson in:

FreeRepublic Fundraiser --WE WILL STAND UNITED!!!-- FreeRepublic NEEDS Your Help! (Thread 45)
Posted on 09/13/2001 10:02:39 PDT by BeforeISleep

[RonDog]

...It's my job to have something to say.

They pay me to provide words that help make sense of that which troubles the American soul. But in this moment of airless shock when hot tears sting disbelieving eyes, the only thing I can find to say, the only words that seem to fit, must be addressed to the unknown author of this suffering...

...Let me tell you about my people. We are a vast and quarrelsome family, a family rent by racial, social, political and class division, but a family nonetheless. We're frivolous, yes, capable of expending tremendous emotional energy on pop cultural minutiae – a singer's revealing dress, a ball team's misfortune, a cartoon mouse...

...But there's a gulf of difference between making us bloody and making us fall. This is the lesson Japan was taught to its bitter sorrow the last time anyone hit us this hard, the last time anyone brought us such abrupt and monumental pain. When roused, we are righteous in our outrage, terrible in our force. When provoked by this level of barbarism, we will bear any suffering, pay any cost, go to any length, in the pursuit of justice...

You NEED to read the rest of this EXTRAORDINARY editorial by Leonard Pitts Jr. at:
We'll go forward from this moment
Posted on 09/12/2001 09:29:15 PDT by LBGA

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I am gone until tomorrow. Hope you liked these.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

``These people try to hide. They won't be able to hide forever.They think their harbors are safe, but they won't be safe forever. One has to say it's not just simply a matter of capturing people and holding them accountable, but removing the sanctuaries, removing the support systems, ending states who sponsor terrorism.''

[Churchillspirit]

Here we go again... shoulder to shoulder.

God bless us all.

[Landru]

You did well, Ron.

-BTTT-

[Snow Bunny]

Thank you so much Ron Dog. Beautifully done.

God bless America.

[Snow Bunny]

I love this. God bless and keep safe President Bush and Cheney.

[Snow Bunny]

For anyone questioning what I love it is the post that Hillary's Lovely legs posted from the speech.

Thank you again RonDog for the thread and HLL too for your post.

[Gracchus]

Thanks for the repost.

-G

[Da_Shrimp]

Thanks for the bump.

Although I am not Christian, I'll be attending the memorial service in Southwark cathedral, near my place of work today, as a mark of respect and to honour those who died. All our thoughts are there with you over the other side of the Pond.

[bloodmeridian]

Much obliged for the ping.

[Dukie]

Thanks for the flag, Ron. Heartening to know of the support from abroad.