The horrific, cataclysmic events of Tuesday morning are permanently burned into our minds. The horror, the tragic loss of life, the meaningless destruction, and the emotion-numbing shock gripped us as we saw these events unfold on television. We're not there, yet all of us are appalled by these events. Yet the best in us comes out. Heroes step up.
Emergency workers risk their lives to save others.
We seek ways to help, blood drives, money, food, blankets, and above all prayer. Our perspective is inevitably changed. Things we were so focused on are suddenly unimportant. Previous disagreements, some bitter and vitriolic, prove to be the veritable fruits of our free society. Yet all these disagreements are willingly set aside, subjugated to broader concerns of those suffering pain, loss and fear.