When you read this on this solemn day, close your eyes and pray. Pray for the heroes that saw their very last sunrise. Pray for the husbands and wives that kissed their spouse’s lips for the final time. Pray for the mother and father that would think of their children as they crossed over into our Lord’s glory. Pray for all the souls that lost the lives they loved. Also, pray for all the soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines that paid the ultimate price to bring justice for this terrible infamy…for this act of war.

Many would say we must forget that terrible day in September of 2001. Some say we must put behind us what we said, how we felt and how we all came together as One Nation under God. Some want you to forget how full our houses of worship were because we thirsted for the comfort of God to take away the fear we could taste of another attack we were certain was on its way. There are those who want to revise what we saw with our own eyes and tell us that we must refrain from invoking prayer, lest we offend some unseen victim. Some have said there is no room for firefighters to honor their fallen brethren where the towers fell that fateful day. Some want to re-write that day’s history for the sake of political theatre. Some want to pretend they are acting fairly to some, by trampling on many others.

I say that this day should begin with the fallen’s family, police, firefighters and clergy…at ground zero. There should be reverence, respect and prayer for the lost and for those left behind. We should have moments of silence at 8:46 AM, when flight 11 hit the North tower and at 9:03 AM when flight 175 hit the South Tower. We should mark the moments both towers fell, extinguishing many lives. We should have a moment of silence at 10:03, when the galant passengers of flight 93 fought their tormentors as they crashed into the ground in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. It is then we should reflect upon what transpired…and refuse to let the muzzle of the politically correct to dampen the essense of this day of remembrance.

Do not dare to sully the memory of those departed by injecting political correctness into a wound that was driven into America’s side and rubbed with salt. Do not dare to say that we must exclude the many who lived through this horror to appease the perceived sensibilities of the smallest of minorities. Mr. Bloomberg, do not attempt to be a diety by pretending your short sighted assertions of justice are warranted, needed or desired. They most certainly are not. What is wanted is the simple liberty to mourn and worship as is their right… not yours.

May the courage of all who passed on this day never be forgotten. May this Republic always see September 11, 2001 in all it’s solemnity. May we always be respectful and truthful of the harsh realities that September morning thrust upon us all. God bless our Republic. I’m so very sorry if that offended you Mr. Bloomberg, we will say a prayer for you.