The Tribute
in Light shines over the Manhattan skyline and the Statue of Liberty in
New York on the anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade
Center. The memorial was first presented on March 11, 2002, the
six-month anniversary of the attacks, and has been presented by the
Municipal Art Society every year since. This year marks the 10th
anniversary of the horrific terrorist attacks, when terrorists flew
commercial aircraft into the World Trade Centers, Pentagon, and a field
in western Pennsylvania.
Message from the Editor
Ten years ago, when for many the world was changed
forever, we ran the following on our front page. On this, the 10th
anniversary of the tragic event, we feel the sentiments still hold true
today:
The Pattaya Mail staff, as well as everyone we
have been in contact with, are deeply saddened, shocked and horrified by
the brutal, sub-human attacks reigned down upon America on Tuesday,
September 11, 2001. Our deepest sympathy goes out to the victims and
their families.
Chief of Staff Andy Card
whispers into the ear of President George W. Bush to give him word of
the plane crashes into the World Trade Center, during a visit to the
Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Fla. (AP Photo/Doug Mills)
There are no words we could convey that would soften
the horror. We can only wish it never happened, that it was a nightmare
we will wake from, but the tragic reality is that the world actually
contains people so mentally warped they are willing to sacrifice their
lives to create mass destruction and steal away so many others’ lives in
the twisted belief that others might feel their pain.
With the grief so unbearable, the pain so deep, the
reality so horrifying, the emotion of vengeance is of course
understandable. We, too, believe the perpetrators of such heinous acts,
not only against America, but also against innocent victims throughout
the world, should be stopped and brought to justice.
But we also ask that this feeling of vengeance not be
painted with a broad brush. The perpetrators of such acts of violence
are, thankfully, only a minute minority of the world’s population, tiny
and isolated even within their own stated ethnic and religious
affiliations. Senseless acts of vigilante violence based solely upon
ethnicity or religious belief is ludicrous. Love thy brother. Together
we will get through this and see in a new tomorrow.
Freedom will prevail.
A priest prays over a
wounded man outside the west entrance of the Pentagon as emergency
workers from all services help the wounded after a terrorist attack on
the Department of Defense building in Washington. (AP Photo/Navy Times,
Mark Faram)
Emergency workers look at
the crater created when United Airlines Flight 93 crashed near
Shanksville, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
The south tower of the
World Trade Center begins to collapse after a terrorist attack on the
New York landmark. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)
United Airlines Flight
175 approaches the south tower of the World Trade Center in New York
shortly before collision as smoke billows from the north tower. (AP
Photo/Carmen Taylor)
The twin towers of the
World Trade Center burn behind the Empire State Building in New York.
(AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler, File)
United Airlines Flight 175
approaches the south tower of the World Trade Center in New York moments
before collision, seen from the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/
William Kratzke)
United Airlines Flight
175 collides into the south tower of the World Trade Center in New York
as smoke billows from the north tower. (AP Photo/Chao Soi Cheong)
People run from a cloud of
debris from the collapse of a World Trade Center tower in New York. (AP
Photo/Suzanne Plunkett)
People covered in dust
walk over debris near the World Trade Center in New York. (AP
Photo/Gulnara Samoilova)
