thoughts on the news of the day: 911

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            It is all over the news today and is the biggest headline of the year.  Osama bin Laden has been killed in a raid on his compound deep in Pakistan.  This is the culmination of almost ten years of searching for him in hopes to bring him to justice for his primary responsibility in the attack on September 11, 2001. 

            September 11 (9/11) will forever be emblazoned on our hearts as a day when our freedom was attacked and our citizens killed.  I am guessing that if I were the victim of the attacks or had a loved one injured or killed, today would be a bittersweet day.  It is a victorious day on the one hand, because a vicious killer had been brought to justice, but also is a sad day because another chapter in the story of 9/11 is about to be closed.  Memories of loved ones grow still dimmer and though they are never forgotten, day by day living begins to cloud their remembrance.

            So today is a good time to think once again of all those who lost their lives on 9/11.  It is a good day to give thanks for all the soldiers and their families who have sacrificed so much in this war on terror.  May God bless them all.  May God bless America.

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