A great tragedy befell on to our
country on September 11, 2001, an unprecedented 343 deaths in the line of duty.
At 8:46 a.m., hijackers crashed American Airlines Flight 11 into the World
Trade Center's North Tower, and at
9:03 a.m., another five hijackers crashed United Airlines Flight 175 into
the South Tower.
As horrible as a loss that is, if there were a sensible
explanation for it, we could accept it and mourn. The 343 firefighters all understood
the risk they accepted, that one chance might cut their lives short when they
placed themselves in harm’s way in the public’s service. This is what they are
paid for and it is their honor. However the validated explanations of the
events that day are not only insufficient, they are heinous and cannot bear
rational examination. We are asked to believe that on that day three structural
steel buildings, which have never before in history collapsed because of fire,
fell neatly into their basements at the speed of light, their concrete reducing
to dust. We are asked to believe that jet fuel could have melted those steel
buildings into molten. We are asked to believe that the most innovative air
defense system in the world, that responded to 68 emergencies in the year prior
to 9-11 in less than twenty minutes allowed aircraft to amble about for up to
an hour and a half.
There is much more than anyone
in our country cares to look into. We know that the implications of the above
are impenetrable, almost unthinkable, and the three hundred and forty three
murdered brothers are crying out to their continuously mourning families.
Crying out to their widows with broken hearts and crying out to the 3,000
children who lost their father that day.
In the days immediately
following the attacks, many memorials and vigils were held around the world and still are today. In addition,
people post photographs of the dead and missing all around Ground
Zero. These 343 firefighters didn't
concern themselves with their own comfort but unselfishly were more concerned
about others - even to the point of losing their lives.
"Greater love hath no man than this, that a
man lay down his life for his friends."
