September 11 Anniversary: Remember, reflect, recommit
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}FILE- In this Sept. 10, 2013 file photo, the Tribute in Light rises above buildings during a test in New York. While the plaza at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum will be closed to the public, during the September 11 commemoration ceremony and much of the rest of the day, it will be open from 6 p.m. to midnight for those who want to pay respects and view one of the anniversary's most evocative traditions, the twin beams called the Tribute in Light. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File) (The Associated Press)
Friday marks 14 years since 9/11, 2001.
It’s a time for remembrance.
Nearly 3,000 people were murdered.
Each loss creates an unfillable void.
It’s a time for reflection.
Right after 9/11, we stood together as one.
That sense of oneness led the American Jewish Commitee (AJC) to help rebuild the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, which was destroyed that day.
We must never lose that sense of common destiny.
And it’s a time for recommitment.
We dare not falter in the defense of our country and its core values.
On 9/11, we were attacked by radical Islamist forces not for a specific policy, but for who we are.
Remember: In 1993, under a different president from a different party, there was another deadly terror attack on the Twin Towers.
It’s America – and what we stand for – that’s been, and remains, the target.
This week, as always, let’s remember, reflect, and recommit.