[harpo11]

"We are a diverse people,
but in America we are also supposed to be a united people.
That flag,
that those three firemen raised,
represents everyone of us.
The planners needed look no further than the flag itself to see all races,
sexes and cultures represented that come together to make us all Americans.

Quite frankly, I never even looked at or considered the race of those
who raised the flag that day until these people made an issue
of it by proposing to depict it differently than it occurred.
It would not matter to me if it had been three blacks,
three hispanics, three asians or any mix ...
only that they were Americans and that it be accurately portrayed."

Jeff Head, your words validate eloguently what my family has felt. Never once did we think of race, sex, gender, orientation. All we saw was the brutal horror of terrorism aand the wrenching heartbreaking murder of our fellow citizens. We all bleed the same color. Our tears are the ssame color. Our hearts are the same color. The flag is for us all.

[Jeff Head]

We all bleed the same color. Our tears are the ssame color. Our hearts are the same color. The flag is for us all

Amen to that ... spot on!

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