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President Bush's address to joint session of Congress 9/20/01

World Trade Center, Pentagon and Shanksville Terrorist Attacks


Lets all say a prayer for the United States, the president and the
military today. The hijacking of four planes with United States citizens
and then the crash of two of those planes into the world trade center and
the crash of a third into the U.S. Pentagon that has left the country in
a state of devastation and fear. Many people have lost loved ones. We
are a country that has been left in shock unparalleled in decades. Please
pray that the government will find a way to keep us all safe, that the
people will find a place of comfort with God and that the lives lost will
not be for naught. Pray that those people have found a place with God
and give comfort to those left behind. Pray that those still alive can be
saved and that the doctors, emergency staff, and military have God's hand
upon them as they do their work. Let's also pray for each other, that we
all find a way to reach out to loved ones whose lives will be forever changed.
All of this we ask in Jesus' name.

(this was e-mailed to me, author unknown)

 

TRIBUTE TO THE UNITED STATES


This, from a Canadian newspaper, is worth sharing.
America: The Good Neighbor.

Widespread but only partial news coverage was given recently to a remarkable editorial broadcast from Toronto by Gordon Sinclair, a Canadian television Commentator. What follows is the full text of his trenchant remarks as printed in the Congressional Record:

"This Canadian thinks it is time to speak up for the Americans as the most generous and possibly the least appreciated people on all the earth. Germany, Japan and, to a lesser extent, Britain and Italy were lifted out of the debris of war by the Americans who poured in billions of dollars and forgave other billions in debts.

None of these countries is today paying even the interest on its remaining debts to the United States. When France was in danger of collapsing in 1956, it was the Americans who propped it up, and their reward was to be insulted and swindled on the streets of Paris. I was there. I saw it.

When earthquakes hit distant cities, it is the United States that hurries in to help. This spring, 59 American communities were flattened by tornadoes. Nobody helped. The Marshall Plan and the Truman Policy pumped billions of dollars into discouraged countries. Now newspapers in those countries are writing about the decadent, warmongering Americans.

I'd like to see just one of those countries that is gloating over the erosion of the United States dollar build its own airplane. Does any other country in the world have a plane to equal the Boeing Jumbo Jet, the Lockheed Tri-Star, or the Douglas DC10?

If so, why don't they fly them? Why do all the International lines except Russia fly American Planes? Why does no other land on earth even consider putting a man or woman on the moon? You talk about Japanese technocracy, and you get radios. You talk about German technocracy, and you get automobiles. You talk about American technocracy, and you find men on the moon – not once, but several times - and safely home again.

You talk about scandals, and the Americans put theirs right in the store window for everybody to look at. Even their draft-dodgers are not pursued and hounded. They are here on our streets, and most of them, unless they are breaking Canadian laws, are getting American dollars from ma and pa at home to spend here.

When the railways of France, Germany and India were breaking down through age, it was the Americans who rebuilt them. When the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central went broke, nobody loaned them an old caboose. Both are still broke.

I can name you 5000 times when the Americans raced to the help of other people in trouble. Can you name me even one time when someone else raced to the Americans in trouble? I don't think there was outside help even during the San Francisco earthquake.

Our neighbors have faced it alone, and I'm one Canadian who is damned tired of hearing them get kicked around. They will come out of this thing with their flag high. And when they do, they are entitled to thumb their nose at the lands that are gloating over their present troubles. I hope Canada is not one of those."

Stand proud, America! Wear it proudly!!

This is one of the best editorials that I have ever read regarding the United States. It is nice that one man realizes it. I only wish that the rest of the world would realize it. We are always blamed for everything, and never even get a thank you for the things we do.

I would hope that each of you would send this to as many people as you can and emphasize that they should send it to as many of their friends until this letter is sent to every person on the web. I am just a single American that has read this.

 

 

Picture Gallery Below
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The World Trade Center Photos
 

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The Pentagon Photos
 

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Shanksville PA
 

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In Memory: Todd Beamer
"Are you guys ready? Let's roll!"

 

In Memory
 

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"United We Stand Divided We Fall"

"Courage is Fear that has Prayed"

 

Public Service Message
 

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This web page was made with love and respect of the victims
of the 9/11/01 terrorist attacks. Credit for photos and text belong
to the authors. Making this page has been therapeutic in helping me
cope with the tragedy, my hope is it will help others.
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