Sean does not like it when I call him a 9/11 Victim. He tells me he's not a victim. His coworkers who died were victims. His wife of ten years was a victim. He was just there when it happened.
Go read the whole thing, then dry your eyes as I did. This is real, folks. Real people facing the aftermath of that terrible day. It's not easy, but they're managing. In time, the pain will recede, but will never truly be gone. We all have our scars and this will likely be the largest of many that they will bear for their entire lives.
One kind of victory over those who commit acts of terror will be for the armed forces of the US and our allies to hunt them down and destroy them and those who support them. Another kind will be for those whose lives have been devastated to rise up, rebuild those lives anew, and live them, always with the memory of the past, but an eye toward the future. The terrorists seek to crush our spirit but the American spirit, the human spirit, will always be alive. It may be scarred but it will be vital.
We will never forget and we will hunt down those who perpetrate such acts and mete out the justice they so richly deserve. But we will also not let their acts destroy us for, ultimately, that is the result they crave the most. And it is the one we will always deny them.
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