9/11: Never Forget Project successfully implemented on UMKC campus

Friends,

Today, the UMKC College Republicans successfully planted 3,000 flags to commemorate the victims of 9/11. All 3,000 flags were up by 8:00AM. The 3,000 flags represent the 2,977 people that were tragically killed when our country was sucker punched 9 years ago tomorrow.

Our chapter is more than proud to stand with conservative college groups across the county in pledging to Never Forget. I encourage participants to change your profile picture to show your friends the patriotism of UMKC. Pictures are attached for your reference. If you would like to see the tribute, please go to the quad at 53rd and Rockhill.

A special thanks goes out to the Kansas City Star, as well as various television news outlets for their generous coverage of the project. Please look for the reports on the news tonight and in the paper tomorrow.

In accordance with Code, the flags will be removed before night fall. If you would like to join us in respectfully removing them, members will be present at 6:30PM.

God bless America.

Rachael Herndon

UMKC College Republicans, Chair

Missouri College Republicans, Secretary

9/11 Tribute

To all of my friends,

From personal experience, I know that there are seven stages in the grieving process.

The first stage is shock and denial.

At 7:45am central time, an American Airlines jet crashed into the North tower of the World Trade Center. Eighteen minutes later a second hijacked United Airlines jet crashed into the South tower. All of us remember where we were when we heard the news.

The second stage is marked by pain.

As I watched in utter disbelief that day, I couldn’t help but cry. Many questions filled my mind, but most stinging was the simple question of, “Why?”

The third stage is marked by anger.

Many people will never make it past this stage, including myself. Our anger towards those who hate us out of jealousy has fueled our efforts to exterminate terrorism worldwide.

The fourth stage is characterized by feelings of depression and loneliness.

We will never get back what we lost that day. The victims and their families have suffered the most and deserve your thoughts and prayers.

The fifth and sixth stages involve working through the pain.

As America rebuilds and remembers, we are hopeful for the future. There has not been another attack on U.S. soil in nine years largely due to the efforts of President Bush. We have aggressively targeted al-Qaida and the Taliban and stabilized many of the regions in the middle-east that harbor these groups.

The seventh and final stage is marked by hope.

I believe that as a nation, we are in this stage. The 9/11 Memorial and Museum is scheduled to open on Sept. 11th, 2011, ten years to the day after the attacks. The five story waterfall surrounded by acres of trees will provide visitors with a tranquil surrounding in which to mourn all that was lost that September day.

In closing, I ask that you take a break in the next few days from the hustle of everyday life to remember the victims that died on September 11th, 2001 at the hands of radical terrorists. I hope that you will thank God for the fact that you are still breathing and living in the greatest nation in the history of mankind; it’s a privilege that no one should take for granted.

Thank you,



AH