Echoes from Shanksville, PA: Twelve years later

Through my life, I’ve had to say goodbye to people I knew; too many times for one person so young to have to endure. One just assumes that this is life, and we are all meant to die at one point in time, no matter what the circumstance. Some pass on from natural causes, some […]

9/11 remembrance timely for American people

The information below is from “Decision Points,” a memoir written by George W. Bush on the never-before-heard details about his presidency.  In 2010, NBC News published the memoir’s excerpt from the 9/11 attacks.  “God of Grace and God of Glory”: “Grant us wisdom, grant us courage, for the facing of this hour.” George W. Bush […]

Responding to tragedy

“I wasn’t lucky to be a part of the 9/11 response, I was honored,” is the first thing that Lori Gerber says to a small crowd of students and faculty gathered in the UC Grandroom on Sept. 8 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on America. The atmosphere is intimate […]