April 29, 2006
United 93
They were the first to defend. Honor them by watching this movie.
JJ writes,
It’s 15 minutes after midnight on the early morn of the 29th of April. I won’t post this until the morning but I thought I had better write this tonight while its still fresh in my mind… while the screaming still resonates in my ear and the pain of a knotted stomach is still making me ill. For the first time in years I feel overwhelmed with anger, sorrow, and pride. Tonight I watched the film United 93. Tonight I remembered.
September 11, 2001, just nine days after my firstborn son entered the world, a war was waged in the air, thousands of feet above our glorious nation. It was a day that will never leave me and I pray it will never leave you. You see, when we get wrapped up and preoccupied by the mundane repetitiveness of our daily lives we forget what’s really at stake. We forget about the incredibly enormous burden our generation faces in this post 9-11 world. As parents we are now forced to protect our young ones from an evil that promotes the slaughter of innocent women and children. As patriots we are now forced to defend our homeland from an enemy that hides in the ground like rats, waiting ever so patiently to murder in masses our fellow countrymen. As Christians we are now forced into a Holy War, against an enemy we have battled with many centuries ago. We must remember. We must always remember. “You ready? Okay. Let’s Roll!”Todd Beamer ends his call at 9:58 AM on 9/11/01 saying that they plan “to jump” the hijacker in the back who claims to have a bomb. He lets go of the phone but leaves it connected. His famous last words are said to nearby passengers, “You ready? Okay. Let’s roll!”
To the passengers of United Airlines Flight 93: You are the first warriors to shed your blood in this war that I refer to. This film honors your selflessness and your courage. May God give you refuge in His glorious kingdom and may we honor you in our thoughts and prayers. You are heroes.
This film is very important and I emplore all of you to see it. A tenth of the money made this opening weekend goes directly to help build the United 93 Memorial in Shanksville, PA. I have been to that lonely field in Pennsylvania… in fact my father-in-law was born in Shanksville. My in-laws actually own a piece of property on Stoney Creek Lake in Shanksville and have offered it to us if we ever wanted to build a house on it.
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