Reclaiming our Unity

I usually don’t post a community blog on Fridays. In fact, I have a personal policy of limiting the number of blogs I publish each week. But today is a very special day for all the wrong reasons. Today marks the 25th anniversary of the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center and on America as a whole. 

To me, September 11th has always been a deeply somber day. I often feel, sadly, that America has forgotten the tragic realities and ultimate sacrifices made that morning—the people who were forced to leap from burning towers to find a merciful end, the individuals who burned alive, and those who couldn’t even make a final phone call to loved ones as their hijacked planes carried them toward tragedy.

It is striking how, 25 years later, a day that once united all Americans in shared grief has given way to a country more divided than ever. We have built a quasi-psychological civil war. It feels as if every time we meet someone new, we run them through an ideological checklist. If they disagree with us on any single political point, we automatically brand them as the enemy.

On September 11, 2001, it didn’t matter what color you were on the outside you wore on the outside. The blood we shed was all red on the inside. In the hours and days following the attacks, the first thing visible across the nation was a line of citizens standing together, eager to donate blood and volunteer their time to aid the injured and support their country. On that day, there were no red states or blue states—there was simply the United States.

Today, we have degraded into a culture of constant complaining. Instead of seeking genuine solutions to our collective problems, political factions find it far easier to point fingers and blame specific individuals or political parties. 

We are better than this, America. We should not require a catastrophic national tragedy to remind us of how great our country is, can be, and will be in the future. We must remain focused on what it truly means to be Americans, to hold genuine pride in our nation, and to look after our fellow citizens. 
Don’t give up. Don’t forget. Don’t let evil win. 

Don’t give up. Don’t forget. Don’t let evil win.  God bless our troops and God bless America.

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