>September 11 Attacks - Our Generation's Day of Infamy

September 11 Attacks – Our Generation’s Day of Infamy

(Ridgewood, NJ): On Friday, U.S. Senate candidate from New Jersey Ian Linker issued the following statementas the tenth anniversary of the September 11th attacks approaches.

Riding into New York this morning I couldn’t help but think, as I have countless times over the past ten years, about the September 11 attacks – our generation’s day of infamy.

More than 3,000 woke up that beautiful Tuesday morning but did not come home that evening to their loved ones. They got up just like they did every day. They went about their lives. They got ready for work. They went to their office, their precinct, their firehouse, or the airport. They served their communities.

And then everything changed. Their beautiful lives were extinguished in a flash by jealous animals. The animals who committed those unspeakable acts of terror hated America because we are free. They hated us because we are self reliant. They hated us because we achieve. They hated us because we don’t tell our people where or how or to whom or even whether to pray. And there are plenty more of them today lurking under rocks throughout the world and here at home. They took much from us nearly ten years ago. But we learned a lot that day. We learned that our lives, our neighbors, our families, our loved ones, our friends, and our freedom must never be taken for granted. So, as Americans have so many times in our history, we rose up from the ash and the rubble, and overcame much heartache, much anger, and much hardship.

We have been at war against extremism ever since. Ours is a fight for freedom. We must be vigilant in our fight and must never relent. Freedom isn’t easy. It must always be protected. It must always be guarded. It must never be assumed. If we take our freedom for granted, we may wake up one morning and it could be gone. Never forget those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001 – I know I won’t.