We Owe Them

We owe it to our innocent countrymen. We owe it to those in the planes. We owe it to those in the World Trade Center. We owe it to those in the Pentagon. We owe it to the heroes of Flight 93, who gave thier lives so that countless others would not die. We owe it to the firefighters. We owe it to the policemen. In a way, we even "owe" the terrorists.

We forgot our past, and we paid for it. Many say that they cannot forget the attack on our country. I fear that they mean they will not forget those who died that day. We must also never forget that we were attacked in an act of war, or we will be doomed to repeat it.

Our fighting men and women are doing their best to see that terrorism will never be a threat again. That is their mission. We must not dishonor them by failure to support their mission. Their mission is to make us safe. How can we not support it?

The U.S. Coast Guard's motto is "Semper Paratus", or "Always Prepared". That, we must be.

God rest the souls of our fallen. May they rest in peace.


"What" and "How" we remember is just as important as the "remembering" itself.