Never forget

Never surrender, Never give up.

There will be many remembrances of the attack against America seven years ago today. Many grand and glorious statements honoring those who died. To be true there were many heroes that day. Men like the firemen and police officers who disregarding the danger to themselves, sought valiantly to get as many people out of those towers safely as possible, despite their own fear, despite thoughts of their own families, they did their duty.

I've posted before about Rick Rescorla on this anniversary day. Who knows how many lives he saved at the cost of his own. Even if it were only one, how long would it be before they forgot him ?

Yet that was only the opening skirmish of a larger and longer war than we could at that time imagine. And many people have, it seems, forgotten. We are able to go about our daily lives, most of us safely considering we get there in machines that hurtle us along at 60 to 80% of a hundred miles per hour, and on highways converge at double that speed.

We need to remember, this day especially, and every other day, the unsung heroes who daily volunteer to put their own lives and limbs on the line. Sorta like this guy speaking his heart to a presidential candidate.