They Took a Vote

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Just received this in a newsletter, and thought it was great.

Enjoy:

They Took a Vote
By Bill Holicky

The strength of a country comes from its people. It
always has and always will. No matter what pomp and
bravado a government shows, the solidity of a nation is
directly determined by that of the individual citizen.
America has been shaken to its core by acts of terror.
Many, including our president, have said that we are
strong, that we have resolve and that we will persevere.
These words mean nothing to terrorists. Terrorists wait to
see the actions of people, of individuals, to see if they
will buckle and cower.
The cowards who killed our sisters and brothers, our
mothers and fathers, our sons and daughters should know
what happened on the flight they unsuccessfully tried to
turn into a bomb over Pennsylvania. So should the rest of
our fellow countrymen and women. In the history of this
country of freedom, there has never been an event more
emblematic of the values and heroism of the United States
of America.
The flight had been hijacked, and was being turned
around to be used as ammunition against innocent civilians
at some unknown target in Washington, D.C. After some
hurried cell phone calls to their loved ones, passengers
learned of the World Trade Center attacks. They considered
the consequences, then they took a vote together.
In that instant, they validated the great experiment
of the United States of America. They voted. They
affirmed the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution,
our entire history of freedom, and gave meaning to every
soldier who's ever died in the service of this country.
Faced with all the threats that this country stands
against, and in their own last hour, these Americans
determined their path with a simple act of democracy, of
freedom. They voted.
They voted to give their lives to save the innocent
people for which the plane was headed.
Think about that for a moment. It's the very
definition of heroic. There is something else in that
story, however, something incredible that should fill every
American with pride. None of those American passengers
took command. Nobody ordered them to attack the
terrorists. Nobody forced them to follow along with the
heroic insurgence.
Faced with death, tyranny, and terror, those Americans
voted to sacrifice their lives for others.
September 11, 2001, is a day, as was said of Pearl
Harbor, that will live in infamy. Thousands perished at
the hands of cowards. We should never forget, however,
that it was also the day that a few heroic patriots
thousands of feet above Pennsylvania farmland sent a
message to the entire world - our commitment to freedom and
democracy, in the United States of America, is not
wavering, it is not shaken, and it cannot be taken away by
any act.
America is freedom.

End of her story.

Makes all the 'patriots' in Washington look kinda... Unpatriotic...
These people saw a problem and did what was needed to fix it. The fix involved thier deathes, but they did it anyway.
Thank you all, and bless you.

Bye