It really happened.
The same sort of atrocities have been committed, before and since, all over the world. Many of us would like to forget. Many would like to go back to our safe (if only in our imaginations) little world.
I’d like to go back to that world myself. But I shan’t. The world has not changed that much — but I have. I’m awake now. I will not go back to sleep.
Sing your lullabies, pass out your soporifics, euphemise atrocities as you wish. I’m awake, and I’m not the only one. We remember, not just September 11, 2001 but also Bali, and Beslan, and the innumerable other atrocities perpetrated in the name of a sick ideology. We see you now. Beware our wrath.
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In memory of those who died
Please take a few moments today to remember those who died on 9/11.
Please remember the jumpers.
Please remember the ones who helped others down the stairs.
Please remember the fire-fighters and police officers who charged up the stairs.
Please remember the heroes of Flight 93.
Please remember the countless people on the streets who helped everyone around them.
Please remember the men and women in the Pentagon that morning.
It was not their fault. It was not our fault. But I know who is at fault.
I have no fancy, moving words for the ones who died. I will simply remember and pray for them, and try to make right the evil that took them from us.
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