Through all that happened and all that has yet to occur, I am forever comforted by the actions of a few brave souls on the morning of September 11, 2001. The steps taken by passengers on board United Flight 93 saved the lives of those that were in the yet-unknown fourth target location. They weren’t trying to be heroes, but they did see what was happening and they knew what had to be done. They knew that their lives must end prematurely so that others might live. And they acted on that knowledge, overtaking the hijackers and driving the plane nose-first into a Pennsylvania field. Whenever Flight 93 comes to mind, I always think of a favorite verse from the Bible, ‘Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. (John 15:13)’ May those brave souls of Flight 93, and indeed, all those whose lives were lost in the Pentagon and in New York, forever rest in peace.

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