We are deeply saddened by the horrific events of Tuesday, September 11, 2001.
Innocence is a freedom from guilt or sin through being unacquainted with evil.
Evil is now known. Where we have lost our innocence through the events of last week, we as a people, have not lost our freedom or our ability to unite as a Nation and rally in a renewed surge of patriotism through our need to cope and find meaning. Meaning will not be found in the cowardly acts taken out on the innocent men and women who are missing or have perished in this horrible tragedy. Meaning will be found in our response to these events, the response of our Nation and the individual response of each of us coming together united with the strength of spirit from those that have died. God Bless the innocent, the heroic, the brave men and women who lost their lives or are missing and their families.