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I agree. Almost everyone around here (I'm in NJ) either knew someone in the towers or knew someone who lost someone in the towers. The people here still feel a deep grief. We will never forget and can't understand how so many seem to have forgotten. My daughter was in the towers, and we have a good friend whose son was almost killed at the Pentagon.

I can really understand Giraldo's motive for wanting to get close to the action. He lost friends and so did Keith Olderman who is coming back to MSNBC. He said he had 5 friends in the towers and was deeply changed by it.

My heart goes out to you and your family. The closest we've been to the Towers on 9-11 is a friend whose twin brother was in one of the surrounding buildings and got out before it was destroyed. It hadn't occured to me that in your area, everyone at least knew of someone inside.
Under those circumstances, it must really hurt to listen to the peace-niks.
I believe they don't actually bear ill will or disrespect to those in the Towers, they're just completely naive and ignorant.
I just don't know how so many people in this country get that way.
If our son had been 18 on 9-11-01, he'd probably be in Iraq right now. When he turned 18, Afghanistan was behind us, and he went on to college.
A Jesuit priest and a group of students were protesting at the student union, and he told us he picked up their little informational paper and proceeded to shred every point on it - and he said they were completely unable to defend their own points, that they just sat there with their mouths open.
Our son-in-law, who got out of the air force just before most of the guys at his base were deployed to Kuwait, tells similar stories.
I've discovered the same - they don't even really understand why they're protesting, except that
1. War is BAD.
2. If the alternative is worse, refer to rule #1.
Maybe eventually, they'll understand life isn't that simple, and that a time comes when a stand has to be taken. And that fewer wars happen when the bad guys know you're prepared to fight one, and if THEY FORCE YOU TO DO SO, you will use such overwhelming force, they will wish to heaven they'd left you alone.
I HATE war, but I think this is the best way to avoid them.
God bless you and may the Lord keep your daughter until you can see her again.