Dignity and Respect for 9/11

This year marks the tenth anniversary of our country’s worst tragedy. 

More than 2,600 people died at the World Trade Center; 125 died at the Pentagon; and 256 died on the four planes. According to the 9/11 Commission Report the death toll surpassed that of Pearl Harbor in 1941.

We are bombarded by the media with images of the towers surrounded in smoke and flames, of individuals dying before our very eyes, of sheer horror unlike anything we have ever seen. And worse yet, there are individuals profiting off of that tragedy.

We should remember those who died with dignity and respect. And yet the media is using these images for a ratings game. While we have a responsibility to share the truth, we do not have the right to desecrate the memory of those who died, by using their images to evoke emotions of anger nor to profit off their deaths.

This was a tragedy that we are all still hurting from. The loss of life was tremendous. And even now, 10 years later, tears still fall and hearts are still broken. But, what we must remember is we united as a people. We united as a country. We supported one another and saw a brotherhood not often seen in society today. We stood through the pain and suffering and loss together. We rebuilt our faith. We renewed our strength. We stood as one.

America is not just a name given to our country. It is an ideal. An ideal filled with possibility and strength and a desire to be at our very best, even when we are at our very worst. We strive to reach the ideals set forth by our forefathers: That all men are created equal; That we all strive to be better than we are; That our future is our responsibility; That we must do our best for our fellow men. Not out of arrogance or conceit; But, out of the need to make this world a better place for all of us.

I like to think that those who died did not die in vain. I like to believe that they made us stronger as a people. I like to believe that they taught us how to join together as a nation to help heal and bring hope. May we never forget the truth of this day. And may we give those who died the dignity and respect that they deserve.

And that’s the scratch!

C.H. Ickens

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