On a day that is infamous to Americans, let us pay tribute to those who have lost their lives in order that we can remember the privileges that are ours.

Let us realize that it shouldn’t take a terrorist attack for us to feel united and to be united.

Let us look back and see how easy it can be within a matter of a few years to forget those things that should have changed us for the better.

Let us then remember and change.

May those who have given up time, safety, strength, limb, and life be honored on earth and in heaven for their sacrifices for their fellow beings.

May those who have lost their lives in defense of the United States of America and the freedom of the world’s peoples be borne to God as on eagles’ wings.