How do you remember what happened on September 11, 2001?

How will you remember what happened on September 11, 2001?

This date should be a day in which all Americans should remember. The day when 2,977 people were killed, with an estimated 25,000 or more injuries and substantial long-term health consequences for those who survived. It remains the single deadliest day for firefighters and law enforcement officers in United States history, 343 and 72 killed.

President Bush called it "a day when all Americans from every walk of life unit in our resolve for justice and peace." The late Billy Graham added that this "tragedy ... united us." It was a day when everyday Americans from all backgrounds and our diversity responded with a united willingness, courage, and understanding of what had happened. We stood together regardless of any of the things that seem to divide us. Race, color, political beliefs, and creed did not matter because we were one people.

America became united in purpose and cause without regard to where we were from, what party we belonged too, or what gender; we were all Americans. Our resolve to remain free stood in stark contrast to the terrorist who tried to bring our Nation down.

The 9/11 terrorist attacks resulted in a common bond of unity among Americans. We are at once a united Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all standing together against a foe who did not understand American resolve and determination to remain free.

So this September 11, take a moment and reflect on what happened on September 11, 2001. Remember what you felt that day. Remember those that lost their lives as well as those who died protecting our freedom against terrorism.

Then ask yourself -- Have we forgotten?

The answer is "not in the stars to hold our destiny" as Shakespeare once wrote, it is in each of us. So what will you do to remember 9-11?