Northview Remembers 9/11

September 11, 2008

Northview High School held a moment of silence and recognition for September 11 this morning. Captain Charlie Code, the Naval Science Instructor for Northview’s NJRTOC unit, penned the following for this morning’s reading:

September 11, 2001

A moment of silence-

To remember the men and women who lost their lives in an attack on American soil. Over thirty six hundred individuals died at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and in a field in Pennsylvania.

To remember the four thousand seven hundred eighty three soldiers, marines, sailors and airmen who have died as a result of the global war on terrorism.

To remember and give thanks for all that you have, to the dedicated men and women who today continue to sacrifice and serve in our fight for freedom not only for America, but the people of the world who want that same freedom. Our fighting men and women have sworn to support and defend the Constitution of the United States, against all enemies, foreign and domestic.

Remember that freedom has a price!

That freedom has been paid so you can attend the school of your choice, to worship in the faith of your choosing, to shop where you want, to go where you want to go without having to explain why. The simple things in life that many in the world can only dream of.

Douglas MacArthur said, “no man (or woman) is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he is vigilant in its preservation”.

Remember that freedom has a price!

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