Statement from Rev. Jesse Jackson on the 14th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001
buzzz worthy. . . On this day 14 years ago, hatred and madness scarred but did not break the spirit and the soul of our nation. By days end, nearly 3,000 Americans – including Christians, Jews and Muslims – would be dead, slaughtered in the worst terrorist attack to ever bloody U.S. soil. Yet, as horrific as the events of 9/11 were, the day was filled with the heroism of ordinary Americans – from the passengers on United Flight 93 who resisted the evil and prevented even more death and destruction to the first responders who rushed into the blinding dust and flames of collapsing office towers to save lives, risking, and often losing, their own in the process. Today, terrorism still stalks the lives of too many of our brothers and sisters around the world and here at home. The Confederate flag may be coming down across the South but the Confederate agenda remains, poisoning hearts and minds. In June, a young white man, reportedly determined to start a race war, ...