[Gracey]

Comments from the Author: This has been a work-in-progress and began the day after the attack at the World Trade Center and Pentagon. I survived the attack itself by being late to work that day, but I lost many people who were not so lucky. I created the page to honor those I lost, those that America had lost and all of those dedicated, caring human beings who responded to this wanton cowardly act and who we refer to simply as heroes.

This has effected me to the core of my soul. My soul cries out for those that I lost, those I didn't know, for my city, for the Pentagon, for the nation. The page has evolved to what it is now; a remembrance of those that were taken, those who sacrificed their lives in order to sustain our national resolve. We must remember what it is our nation is responding to and keep our flag waving proudly.

Since September 11, I have had the sensation of shaking on the inside and I frequently hold out my hands to make sure that I am not shaking. I suppose that it will subside with time. I know that we will overcome this dark, dark tragedy but I don't think that we will get over it. And I am not too sure that we should ever get over it. We live in a free society but with that freedom comes responsibility. It is our responsibility to continue forward, not allowing these horrific events to change our lives; otherwise the sub-human animals that perpetrated this on us wins.

For those of you who view this as "an opportunity to cease the cycle of violence," I want to remind you that there were 8,000 elementary school children, in grades pre-K through the 5th grades, that had to be evacuated from schools they attended in the shadows of the twin towers. Some of whom had parents that worked in one of the 5 buildings that came down. Some of which no longer have mommies, daddies or both. Once we avenge their deaths, once we adequately respond to the worst attack on US soil, then, perhaps, you can talk to me about stopping the cycle of violence. Because as far as I am concerned, that is exactly what we are doing right now. Making sure that the world knows that when you do this to the United States, you risk unleashing a wrath that you never, ever dreamed of.

We must never forget September 11, America's Day of Emergency, we must remember that there is a price for freedom and a responsibility to freedom. It is our responsibility to defend freedom. Last item and I will get off my soap box: We did not ask for this war. We did not start this war. We will finish this war. We must because if we do not, the message we send is that it is OK to kill thousands of our countrymen and we don't have the resolve to see justice done.

The music on this page is by Enya and the title is Only Time. You have already downloaded the page. Go to your WINDOWS/TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES folder and look for attack.swf (it's large, 7.3 megs). COPY that file (don't move it) to another folder. Then you can copy it to a zip disk or burn it to a CD. If you link to the page that I keep this tribute on, www.powforum.org/wtc please inform me by e-mail so that I can apprise you of any updates. All other users, do a find file or folder and look for attack.swf. Then copy that to another folder. Please note that you will have to open it in your internet browser if you do not have flash installed.

Again, thank you for the e-mail and as time permits I will personally respond to as many as I can. I am humbled by the demand for this page and am deeply, deeply grateful for the overwhelming support for it.

God Bless New York. God Bless Virginia. God Bless America. We will prevail.

Regards,
Steve Golding

[BlueHorseShoe]

Oh, my gosh. I am so humbled. This has to be the BEST video out there and there are certainly many wonderful ones. This is astonishing and I did not know the story behind this video. I cannot find words to respond. Just know hearts and prayers are with all effected by this. I cry buckets each and every time I listen and watch this. It is simply overwhelming.

[alisasny]

It's still hard for me to believe : ((

[Giddyupgo]

Very well done. I only got to the part of the people jumping, and it tore me up. Will have to finish it another time.

[dpa5923]

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[volchef]

I am writing through my tears. The sight was just more than I could handle. I WILL NEVER FORGET! I pray the victims are in a better place.

[wardo]

Thanks for posting that is very touching. My site here has a Tribute to 9.11.01 and I will with your permission add this to my site to help with bandwidth. Let me know.

[NautiNurse]

Thanks for sharing this site. It is a truly beautiful tribute to our brothers and sisters who were stolen from us. We will never forget.

[irish_lad]

This brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for the production of this video. I wish I could download it and show it to all my friends.

Never forget, never forgive, let's roll.

[Catspaw]

I just watched it & the tears started all over again....and I've sent the url out to all my family and friends.

No, we should never forget, nor can we. And those whose loved ones died in the terrorism should always know that we are with them now and for all times.

[BlessedBeGod]

I watched it again last night. I had to use the kitchen towel to cry into.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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[UB355]

Wonderful job, thanks for your effort.

[wardo]

Spoke to Steve and he is mirroring my site. So if anyone needs Here is the link

[GretchenEE]

Thank you for posting - at first I thought it might be the "Can't Cry Hard Enough" site but in reading the other responses, I saw they were two distinct sites. It took my PC forever to load but it was worth the wait.

The most dramatic part to me was when Steve had photos of the people on one airline around the edges and then right in the middle, the massive fireball "erupted." It made it so much more real to me than it ever has.

Who can comprehend what they suffered? What their survivors are suffering? I cannot.