What Have We Learned?
Like so many others in our country, the events of 9/11/01 will forever be emblazoned in my mind: The initial shock of the report that a plane had hit a building in New York City. The horror of watching live TV as another plane hit the tower adjacent to the first. The continuing agony as I learned of more hijackings, more downed planes, and the loss of so many lives. Anguish as people began leaping from the infernos. Overwhelming grief as hour after hour of coverage unfolded: firemen and other rescuers dying to save lives, heroic passengers giving their lives to protect others on the ground...and on and on it went. The angry realization that someone plotted these attacks in the name of honoring God and their religion. The feeling of unity with our entire nation, as all citizens were called to prayer. Even in the midst of tragedy, America was at her finest, standing strong against terrorism. But now, fourteen years later, what have...