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Remembering 9/11 ten years after

Like Pearl Harbor, the deadly attacks against the United States on Sept. 11, 2001 will forever live in infamy. That was the day Arab religious extremists flew jetliners into New York’s World Trade Center reducing the seemingly immovable Twin Towers to giant mountains of rubble and lost humanity.

Capt. Paul Krumenacker

The Pentagon in Washington, D.C., also got hit, and if not for the heroics of passengers on a fourth jetliner, the Capitol Building or White House might have also gone down.

Three thousand Americans died in those attacks. What’s more, in a few hours our national self-image went from the impenetrable Fortress America to a nation very much vulnerable to the aggressions of our enemies.

As a people we were shaken to our core. As we come up on the 10th anniversary of that fateful day, a host of special television programs and newspaper sections, as well as public events are planned to remember what happened and honor those who died and those who are fighting to prevent any such future attacks.

The Rose Hotel will be part of that patriotic national mosaic in its own modest way. We will be honored to host as our guest Capt. Paul Krumenacker (aka Capt. Kru), who will be guest speaker and master of ceremonies at a local 9/11 memorial event titled Remembrance and Tribute “Honoring Our Heroes.” The event will be staged at the Bankhead Theater in downtown Livermore, Calif.

Capt. Kru resided in New York at the time of the attacks and did three tours of duty in Iraq.

The Honoring Our Heroes event is being produced by Operation S.A.M., a non-profit organization dedicated to showing support for U.S. troops deployed around the world. The organization’s members send G.I.s serving abroad “comfort packages” stuffed with items from home to help remind them that Americans are thinking of them and supporting their efforts. All of the packaged items are donated by individuals and businesses. Military chaplains in Iraq and Afghanistan, assist in the distribution of the comfort packages to the troops, many of whom receive little or no mail from home.

The event is free and starts at 3 p.m. on Sept. 11. Doors open at 2:15 and attendees are encouraged to arrive early because seating is limited.

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