This week we observe the somber anniversary of a tragic Tuesday millions of Americans will never forget. Twenty-four years ago, from her perch in New York harbor, Mother Liberty looked on in horror as she witnessed a nightmare that has forever challenged the dream for which she proudly stands.

On a cloudless September morning, without warning, twins that courageous Mother had bravely birthed collapsed at her feet. Symbols of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness (and nearly three thousand who cherished those symbols) perished. What had towered above Manhattan for decades were reduced to nothing more than a smoldering mess of rubble. And it was not just the Big Apple that was shaken to the core. Our entire nation quaked.

But that was not the only reality that characterized our countr

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