Two new 9/11 victims identified: Reflections on divine empathy, reason, and hope

Tribute in Light, two vertical columns of light representing the fallen towers of the World Trade Center shine against the lower Manhattan skyline on the 19th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, seen from Jersey City, N.J., Friday, Sept. 11, 2020. 

(AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)

 By Dr. Jim Denison - Posted at the Denison Forum:

On most days, the earthquake that killed more than 2,100 in Morocco—the number is expected to rise—would be the subject of today’s Daily Article. Conversely, given my perennial hope that this will finally be the year for the Dallas Cowboys, I might reflect on their decisive season-opening victory last night in New York. Or I might discuss the faith of Coco Gauff, who won the US Open at the age of nineteen and is a very public Christian.

But on 9/11, it feels wrong to focus on anything but 9/11. Today is the only anniversary in American history known simply by a number. We don’t refer to Independence Day as “7/4,” to Pearl Harbor as “12/7,” or to any other significant event I can recall through its numeric designator.

But see the numbers “9/11,” and if you’re old enough, you’ll flash back to where you were when the planes hit the buildings. You’ll revisit the horror of the burning skyscrapers, the people jumping to their deaths, the towers collapsing.

A few days ago, two more victims of the attack on the World Trade Center were identified through DNA technology. A total of 2,753 people were killed in the towers and planes, many of whom have yet to be identified.

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• Never Forget | Shane Vander Hart