9/11/2001
"September 11, 2001. You
will remember this day for the rest of your
life." Those words, spoken by news anchor
Dan Rather, opened the CBS Evening News
on what had started out as a beautiful autumn
day with clear blue skies. It was,
perhaps, the understatement of the year.
The number of people who died in
these senseless acts of terrorism stands at
3,025 -- 2,801 at the World Trade Center, 184 at
the Pentagon, and 40 on United Airlines Flight
93 that crashed near Shanksville,
Pennsylvania. (Source for statistics: ABC
News.) I have seen these events bring out the
best -- and the worst -- in people around the world. Let us continue to look for the
best.
The above graphic
© 2003 by James Binegar. Used by
permission.
