This past week, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi unveiled a plaque 
at the US Capitol. It commemorates the heroism of passengers aboard Flight 93 , who turned back a hijack attempt on September 11, 2001, at the cost of their own lives. There is a September 11 memorial at the Pentagon , and the site in New York will be a national monument.
It's good to commemorate that day because it's important to remember. Historically, it changed so much of our collective consciousness, as a nation and maybe as a world. History is slow, so we can only conjecture at what the "result" is of all that happened that morning.
I myself still mourn the loss of all those people. They were ordinary people . They just went to work. Their lives ended abruptly. I still miss them and I always will.
Especially today.
This is a day that we must commemorate. Americans have short memories but 911 is something we should never forget. It should always remind us that evil did not end with the cold war- there is still evil in the world, there are people out there who mean us harm and we must always keep our guard up. Remember 911 should be a battle cry rather than something used to shame america into being more sensitive & "playing nice" with the "world community".
Thanks!
Dave