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E Pluribus Unum | “The Power of One” | United We Stand  “I won’t ever look in that direction again if the towers aren’t rebuilt. There’ll be nothing there to see.” — Daniel Stadnyckyj | Metro New Yorkers Click on the image above to watch an unforgettable tribute to those who were murdered on 9/11/2001. Before watching, please be sure to sign the petition first. The reason to include that request on this page for the first time is because there is a victim that is still being attacked — the idea of America, the dream of America, the promise of America. Those who think it is time to stop calling the site “Ground Zero” need to wake up to the fact that it was and still is ground zero for our democracy — and we are getting closer than ever to making that disgrace impossible to ignore. “The collapse of the Twin Towers was an enormous propaganda victory for our enemies. There are two other tributes that were sent in to us this year — in addition to “We All Stand Tall” which is featured at the bottom of our Home Page — and it is a privilege to post them here. We recommend watching them in the order posted: “Dirge Without Music” I am not resigned to the shutting away of loving hearts in the hard ground. Lovers and thinkers, into the earth with you. The answers quick and keen, the honest look, the laughter, the love, Down, down, down into the darkness of the grave
Click to see About.com’s Tribute to the Twin Towers
This poignant message was sent in years ago by a supporter who grew up in the Metro New York area. Some things never change: “My husband and I were married on 9/11/2004. We originally didn’t think of it as an option; we thought it might be construed as disrespectful. The more we thought about it, the more we liked the idea of taking the day back. The whole point of the attack was to make us fearful and full of doubt; to make us back away from living the lives we wanted, so Ray and I decided that was a great reason TO get married on 9/11. We had a moment of respectful silence during the ceremony, and proceeded to have a beautiful wedding. Those who died that day didn’t get to go back to their families and live their lives, but we can continue on and celebrate the life and freedoms that the terrorists took away from others. Every 9/11 is bittersweet; I love my husband with all my heart yet we also are forced to reflect on the often fleeting nature of life, and how a moment can change it forever. “I see rebuilding the Towers as similar to our decision to get married on September 11. You don’t want to forget, you want to respect; you don’t want their death to have been in vain, for their sacrifice to only mean that we cower and try to spend the remainder of OUR lives trying not to offend. What the terrorists hate, we love – freedom of speech and religion, commerce, finance, culture, man’s achievement and capabilities, the bustle of capitalism, the discourse of divergent ideas – and they destroyed the Towers because they were symbols of those things. So to do anything less than try to rebuild is to say, you are correct; all those things are wrong. “That’s why with all my heart I want you to succeed. I pray for your success, and wish for good luck, good fortune for you.” |
