(Copyright 2002. The Tattoo. All Rights Reserved.)
Sept. 9, 2002
-- Opinion --
We are one ... and ready
By Angelique Caligiuri
"A Day of Infamy" were the words which illustrated the paper on Sept.12, 2001, almost exactly one year ago.
New York City lay devastated -- and in dismay. Remnants of both the North and South tower blocked lower Manhattan.
Nearly 250 miles away, the Pentagon, too, was violated.
All
in all, the attacks caused the death
of an unfathomable number of Americans. More than 3,000 died in just a couple of
hours.
As we mourned, the stories of many victims were told and retold.
Broadcasting specials and newspaper stories said that the victims' families must go on while the lives of the slain can only be remembered
The
attacks are part of the history of the twenty-first century, but is it possible
to remember without replaying the carnage?.
Americans hold their flags high and sing their anthem with pride.
Our country has been terrorized, but not inflicted.
We
pray for the families who have the strength to restore our country with their
stories and their foundations. A lesson has been taught, and a solution drawn.
We are dissimilar than we were one year ago.
We are more aware and we are continuously ready to be vindictive.
We are a country of one. We are the United States of America.
The headlines of Sept. 11, 2002 should read: " A Country in Mourning,."
But
the stories beneath them
should affirm our rejuvenation during the past year.