For the first time in a century the skies over America were quiet. Only the songs of birds filled the night air. The nation's fleet of airliners and private planes sat on the tarmac.
Smoke billows from the wasteland of lower Manhattan.
The World Trade Center, twin titans piercing the stratosphere, lie in ruins trapping what is thought to be thousands. Smoke fills the heart of the nation's command center, the Pentagon. Hundreds of brave Americans died there. Words cannot express our sense of loss. However, for the first time in history, Americans can come together and speak with one voice to grieve, share their feelings, and celebrate the lives and memories of so many brave Americans.