The Academy remembers........

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Mon, 18 Sep 2006 23:49:43 +0000

Your words are incomprehensible and so very sad to read. Hope no insult nor injury came from my referring to my Grandmother’s thoughts on Pearl. She’s 87 and is very emotional about both events as it tore families apart. My post was truly in reference to grieving for those who lost their lives in that the heart break will never go away in our lifetimes. Nor should it. We should always remember. Even in small town America, we bled that day and still do. We’ve seen our children go into the service of this great country in hopes that it will never happen again. Nothing compares to what you and others have suffered.

We felt New Yorker’s kindness firsthand and it was overwhelming. I witnessed my son come to pieces at the World Trade Center site. I saw him shake many hands in the city and try to explain to people that he was “just a student”. It was a humbling experience for us as parents so I can‘t imagine what it felt like to be him. You maacoinc, the victims & their families & New York are what makes him want to be where he is. I feel sure, even if not through KP, he will find a way to be of some service to our country, be it small or large, because he has hope that this country will never see anything like this again. As he’s so fond of saying, “By God, not on my watch”. I believe him. And I trust in the others in uniform as well.

You have my deepest sympathies for what you’ve lost. Those of us who didn’t live it can only offer you our hearts. Its all we have. Mine’s a little ducted taped & beat up but you’re free to have it for a while. Smile? Its an ok heart I guess. It happened to be born on 9/11 many years ago.