It's been 25 years since the attack on America. The horrific scene coming out of NYC felt like a nightmare. I remember being in Arizona with three young children and for the first time in my life, I was afraid to walk outside. There were no planes and the silence was deafening. It was also the first time that I was afraid in and for my country.
Fast forward and the world has changed even more with the Patriot Act, taking off your shoes at airports and being fully screened, and more surveillance, to now we are at flock cameras watching our every move.
What is even more alarming is that NYC just voted for a socialist Muslim who supports another Muslim podcaster Hasan Piker who said "America deserved it." (9/11) But somehow is allowed to spew his rhetoric all over social media and Youtube.
The families have asked Mamdani not to be there for the memorial out of respect, but he refuses.
What a slap in the face to the families of those victims who were murdered that day, and to Americans as a whole.
And 25 years later, people are still being affected, with lung cancer, mesothelioma, COPD, etc. by what cowards did.
I am unapologetically a patriot, which used to signify pride in one's country, but now it's being used as a weapon for those who hate our country, including citizens.
May we remember those who valiantly fought in airplanes ("Let's roll") to those helping at Ground Zero to rescue people, helping first responders, giving food and water, even our president who allowed them to stay in his hotels and brought pallets of water and pizza for exhausted firefighters, police, and EMTs.
To the military and their families who took their oath of protecting America seriously, and for those who died, we honor your sacrifice.
They are all the true heroes of 9/11. And to the families who are reminded constantly what happened to their loved ones, and relive it every year, we honor you. Your loved ones did not die in vain.
We pray for peace and for God to bless our great country as we battle even more evil today.
NEVER FORGET.
*9/11*