9/11

Last night we took cookies to our local fire dept. in rememberance of 9/11. Brooklyn was so excited, but when we got there they were not there..they were not there. They were out on a call. She was so stressed out to leave the cookies on the bench. I told her that we would go back, and she has already asked about it today! Joel wanted me to post this quote he found from Mack Brown.

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On the morning of September 11, 2001, four jumbo jets became instruments of terror – destined to destroy some of America’s national landmarks and thousands of lives. Two planes crashed into the World Trade Center in New York. Another slashed into the pentagon in Washington, D.C.

One more hijacked airliner sped toward Washington, but on that plane, the hostages had time to learn what was happening. And they fought back.

We will long remember the story of United Airlines Flight 93 and Jeremy Glick, the judo champion, Tom Burnett, the former high school quarterback, Todd Beamer, once a college shortstop, and third baseman and Mark Bingham, a rugby player.

These athletes banded together to fight against all odds. Sports had taught them the value of teamwork, the importance of leadership, the courage of decisive action, and the defiant spirit of determination in responding to a challenge.

On that flight in Pennsylvania, terrorist willing to die for their own glory met Americans willing to die to save others. The supreme lesson of sports is that it becomes second nature to the athlete to act, not for the glory of one, but for the good of the whole.

And that is the enduring message of ONE HEARTBEAT.