It was like watching a movie. I had turned the TV on to witness the most horrific scene. I was watching a jet aircraft head straight into the second tower of the World Trade Center, exploding on contact. What once were the homes to thousands of office dwellers, in less than a New York minute, vanished into thin air. The unimaginable, the unthinkable, has happened. What was worse, that at that moment I realized, what …showed first 75 words of 911 total…

…showed last 75 words of 911 total…on democracy and the freedom we enjoy here in America. We must stand and defend these inalienable rights. We must preserve and fight for our freedom, and remain a free and independent people. We cannot allow terrorist acts to take freedom away. We cannot live in fear. We will seek out our attackers because we must defend and protect ourselves. We have no other options in order to remain a free society.</p> <p></p>