"Lest We Forget" how we felt on September 11, 2001. Today, we should not only reflect upon the cowardly attack that was delivered to our nation, but these images should live with each of us each day of the year.
Leading up to the attack on our nation, the U.S.S. Cole (DDG 67) was attacked by the same terrorist group on October 12, 2000 at Aden Harbor, Yemen. The attack upon one of our naval vessels resulted in the loss of seventeen sailors with an additional thirty nine men and women wounded. An attack upon a naval vessel constitutes an act of war, however, no retaliatory effort was made by our Commander In Chief, Bill Clinton.
On September 11, 2001 the United States of America suffered from the largest loss by an attack on our nation, surpassing the loss from the attack on Pearl Harbor which resulted in our Declaration of War with Japan. We should never forget the statement that President Bush made at the site of the Twin Towers, standing on top of a car and a rescue workers shouted "We Can't Hear You". President Bush replied through a megaphone that he had borrowed from a firefighter, "I Can Hear You And Soon Those That Did This, Will Hear From Us" and they did. Perhaps if the proper retaliatory measures had been taken with the bombing of the U.S.S. Cole, the death and destruction of September 11, 2001 may have been prevented.
The Twin Towers
The Destruction of the Towers
The Pentagon
"God Bless America"
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