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...normal day, we value heroism because it is uncommon. On Sept. 11, we valued heroism because it was everywhere. The fire fighters kept climbing the stairs of the tallest buildings in town, even as the steel moaned and the cracks spread in zippers through the walls, to get to the people trapped in the sky. We don't know yet how many of them died, but once we know, as Mayor Rudy Giuliani said, "it will be more than we can bear." That sentiment was played out in miniature in the streets, where fleeing victims pulled the wounded to safety...
When one world ended at 8:45 on Tuesday morning, another was born, one we always trust in but never see, in which normal people become fierce heroes and everyone takes a test for which they haven't studied. As President Bush said in his speech to the nation, we are left with both a terrible sadness and a quiet unyielding anger. He was wrong, though, to talk of the steel of our resolve. Steel, we now know, bends and melts; we need to be made of something stronger than that now--not excluding an unseasoned President...
...We’re trying to carry on in our normal way as best we can, while understanding how this tragedy has touched and affected the lives of so many in our community,” Scalise said...
...yesterday that the President, the members of Congress, and employees of Federal agencies went back to work. After Tuesday’s tragedy, a formidable task lies ahead—to bring our country together, to get our country back up and running without pretending to get back to normal. With the world watching, we must not let terrorism interrupt American life, but rather we must join in the work of healing and rebuilding, showing through our actions the resilience of our society...
...When one world ended at 8:45 on Tuesday morning, another was born, one we always trust in but never see, in which normal people become fierce heroes and everyone takes a test for which they haven't studied. As President Bush said in his speech to the nation, we are left with both a terrible sadness and a quiet unyielding anger. He was wrong, though, to talk of the steel of our resolve. Steel, we now know, bends and melts; we need to be made of something stronger than that now--not excluding an unseasoned President...