We need to recognize the common denominator of pain that day, wrought from the innocent in nearly every corner of the Earth, if we are ever to truly heal.
Almost 16 years later and the deadly toxins that escaped on that horrific Sept. 11 day still linger in the bodies of the first responders who risked their health to help those in need.
This month marked the 13th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon that also saw a plane go down outside of Pittsburgh.