Pastor Tom's Community

On 9/11, over 40 nations lost citizens. Among these, Australia lost 11, Bangladesh, 6 Canada, 24, Colombia, 17, Germany, 11,Jamaica, 16, Mexico, 16, Philippines, 16, South Korea 28, and United Kingdom, 66.Some were secular in religious persuasion; some were Christian, some Jewish, some Muslim, and some other. The perpetrators were criminals who distorted their own religious teachings for their own fanatical and political ends. They represented no legitimate government and no official religion. To call it war legitimizes what they did. It was a crime inspired by irrational hate. Many heroes rose to the occasion and went up the stairs to save as the masses (many of whom were also heroic) sought to go down to safety. These we honor and remember.