Sept. 11, 2001 — exactly 19 years ago— our nation was stunned by a series of brazen attacks by terrorists who wanted to see our way of life destroyed. I was a Navy SEAL chief stationed in California and was called by a friend who lived on the East Coast. It appeared that we were being broken as a nation, that we were alone in the world and not united at home. We see day after day of unrest and uncertainty; the smoldering ruins of our cities; fellow citizens suffering acts of violence intended to divide us. In his second inaugural address, President Abraham Lincoln was reaching out to a nation that was truly fractured.
Source: Fox News September 11, 2020 10:52 UTC