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9/11/01 -- Six Years Later

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We will not forget the faces who still pop into our minds at any moment of the night or day, faces of those who we knew and worked with side by side, or even just passed on the street, but lost track of over the years, who MIGHT have been killed when the towers were destroyed.

We will not forget the majesty of the World Trade Center towers as they died before our eyes --- bursting into flames as the planes struck and then, inexorably, collapsing, killing thousands of helpless people.

We will not forget, because we are haunted by the faces.

We will not forget, because we are haunted by the faces.

We will not forget, because we cannot and we will not -- ever.

We will not forget, because Mr. George W. Bush and his administration have done NOTHING to bring to justice those who masterminded the horrific attacks -- and it is 5 years later.

We will not forget, because there are elections coming this year, and in years to come, and we are voters with a responsibility: to remember.

(Originally written on the 52nd anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, which we will also not forget. Updated as we approach the fifth anniversary of 9/11/01.)

God bless all of our missing and wounded faces.

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