WE REMEMBER - 9-11-01

Exactly ten years ago today, the entire world stood in shock as terror struck in New York City and Washington D.C. We remember the thousand of people who lost their lives in those attacks and commend and remember the passengers of United Airlines flight 93 who was able to thwart the hijackers plan of crashing the doomed plane to a target in Washington D.C. I remember learning of the attacks when my dad called my attention while talking to my friend Missy on the phone the night of 9/11 here in Manila, Philippines. Dad simply told me to tune in to CNN and from there noticed that both towers were on fire. At that time, no one knew if it was simply an accidental crash or was it purposely crashed. Hours later, we realized that terrorist supported by Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda were the perpetrators of the attacks. The attacks in New York City and Washington D.C. as well as the downing of flight 93 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania awakened our quest to continuously fight to make the world a better place for all. Let us remember that the fight continues and we will ensure that we will beat any form of extremism and selfish interest of those people who only seek chaos and plant fears and hatred in the hearts and minds of people the world over. No matter what your race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, beliefs or nationality we look back at the past ten years and think, are we safer now or are we more vulnerable to extremists attacks? Directly or indirectly our lives were affected one way or the other. My utmost respect and commendation to those who have been fighting in order to make the world a safer place. To those people who will not stop until more innocent blood are spilled, watch out, we will never give up our fight. To those trying to take advantage of this event, shame on you! 9-11 Never Forget, We Remember. May We Never Forget 09/11/01 - 09/11/11