Posted by
JTB on Tuesday, July 11, 2006 4:30:59 PM
We choose today to remember
life, and the good things that
make America the Land of the
Free and the Home of the Brave.
I may be an idiot, or Townhall may not allow images. Either way, you can see Melissa's photo here.
I don't know Melissa. I never met her. I probably never met her or any of her family or any one any of them know. But she was a precious human life, a beloved daughter. And she had no reason to believe September 11, 2001 would be any different than any other day.
While I don't know Melissa personally, I do know she was working as a "resource manager" for a consulting firm. She managed self-employed computer folks. Since she had been doing that for more than a month, I know she must have been kind-hearted, patient, understanding, and tolerant of diversity--because we computer folks are some "diverse" so-and-so's...
I imagine, from the various comments found around the web, that those of us who never met her are poorer for not having that opportunity.
In spite of that, I'm grateful for the opportunity to help others remember Melissa. She wasn't the typical action hero, guns blazing, going commando all over the bad guys--other people fill that role. She was just just an American with an American dream; but she's one of 2,996 of my heroes that were added on September 11, 2001...
We will never forget her.
We will never forget any of
them.