It’s now the fifth year since September 11, 2001, when the al Qaeda murdered almost 3000 people in the World Trade Center. This is my entry for the memorial service….

Five years ago, the largest terrorist attack ever conducted culminated in the murder of nearly 3,000 people, the destruction of the World Trade Center, devastated Lower Manhattan, badly damaged the Pentagon, wreaked havoc on the airline industry, and…..

Tom McGuinness got out of the cockpit to help the attendants in need, when they were first attacked. The terrorists killed him before the plane rammed into the Noth tower.

Tom was also a Vietnam veteran – he was a Navy pilot who’s plane had been shot down. I carpooled with a former Vietnam helicopter pilot, who’s crew pulled Tom’s group out of a swamp in Vietnam. By chance Tom’s wife, the helicopter pilot and self ended up working in the same firm for many years.

They and the people who were lost there may be gone — but they live on thanks to these inspiring photos.

I too am saddened that 5 years later there are no permanent memorials at WTC & Shanksville.

Why are they dragging their feet? how hard is it to build a park, with nice places to sit and remember?

New Media The Building of the Towers: “To watch film of them being made is like watching film of an old friend, since died, on his wedding day.” (Allahpundit @ Hot Air) Osama’s day is coming, says James Hudnall…….

Many of us share their grief, but many of us don’t know it quite the way they do.

Karol Sheinen:

I could feel myself losing my cool. I was late for work and cab drivers in Manhattan seemed to be surprised that there was traffic during rush……

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If 9/11 had really changed us, there’d be a 150-story building on the site of the World Trade Center today.

Not necessarily. It’s acceptable in my book to wait until the aggressor is and humiliated and defeated, and THEN build the 150-story tower. I don’t even think the new tower should be designed until the apprehensions created by the demise of the first one(s) are dissipated by the certain knowledge of our victory.

His poing about 9/11 is still valid but it needs a better example IMO.

I’ll always remember what I saw and how I felt. I’ll always remember the victims of that day.

It makes me angry that we are so paralyzed with infighting and indecision that five years later, no site has its memorial. Lileks has it right.

Anybody go to the rally in NY yesterday about the memorial?

I will disagree with the characterization that there have been no terrorist attacks on US soil since 9/11. There have been several – the Beltway Sniper, the Taheriazar suv rampage, and the unsolved anthrax attacks, but nothing of the size and scale of the 9/11 attacks.

72,000 Estimated number of civilians killed worldwide since September 11, 2001 as a result of the war on terror

Notice they don’t break down how many were killed by “insurgents” in Iraq.

We have to do it I suppose but it might be better if we figured out how to behave as a nation in a way that wouldn’t make so many people in the world want to kill us.

At the cost of our economic prosperity, independence, and worldwide clout? Pfft. Bring on the hatred. We’ll survive.

Eternal rest grant to them oh Lord and let perpetual light shine upon them.

MSNBC coverage this AM was a repeat of the Today Show from 8:40 on. Remarkable.

Two thousand one, nine eleven
Three thousand plus arrive in heaven
As they pass through the gate,
Thousands more appear in wait
A bearded man with stovepipe hat
Steps forward saying, “Lets sit, lets chat”

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