User blog:Baldwin17/8 Years Later

8 years ago, on Tuesday, September 11th, 2001. One of the most horrific tragedies in the history of the United States, and the single deadliest attack in human history, occured. Airplanes, taken hostage by Islamic terrorists, crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City, and the Pentagon in Washington D.C.

Nearly 3,000 people were killed and over 6,000 people were injured in this act of evil, and 9/11 went down as a dark day in the history of the United States. But instead of driving us apart, it brought all of us together. For just a day or two after the event, we sent a message LOUD AND CLEAR to the people responsible and all ther terrorists out there, and that message is this: WE WILL NOT LIVE OUR LIVES IN FEAR! The USA chant could practically be heard from sea to shining sea, from ground zero to California, and all over the world, even. The president at the time could hear it, the rest of the world could hear it. And we still feel that same chant echoing on the wind to this day.

The feeling of the bravery of all the first responders who helped out all those who were still alive, scarred by what they saw and felt, still resonates within me as I proudly say that me and my fellows in the Brotherhood of Creatives stand by the families of the victims who suffered on this day. All the characters we put into our stories, even though they are not real and with us right now, felt the terrible pain and sorrow of what happened on 9/11, even the villains. And I mean that, for when the Marvel heroes and villains got wind of this tragedy, they all, even Doctor Doom, who shed tears for those who perished, stood united in remeberence of what happened. And all of the characters we know and love, past and present, will forever remember this day, and honor those who were lost.

And so, though I was only 3 when this tragedy occured, I urge you now to join me in a moment of silence and rememberence for those who passed away on the day that brought this nation closer than ever before.

Thank you, and God bless the United States of America!!