Remembering 9/11
I remember listening to the news the morning of 9/11/2001, not very closely as I was getting dogs ready to walk. When we came back, the news was still on when it should have been a music program. I now paid attention and quickly turned on the television, scrambling to find some VHS tapes to record the horror I was hearing and now seeing. I was recently sent a series of 9/11 photos "recently released." I don't know if they were or not but the power and the tragedy in them was overwhelming.
I have many questions about the course our country has taken since then but none about the men, women and dogs who answered the call for help in this most tragic of times. May we remember the lost, the found, the rescued and those whose bodies are only known in Heaven as they are lost on earth in the graves of devastation.
Dog Heroes of 9/11 is a powerful book of those canines, many of whom are now elderly or have already gone to Heaven, who worked with other rescuers in the search for survivors and then bodies in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon in Washington, DC and in Shanksville, PA.
On a lighter and local note, welcome, Melanie Coy, to SEMissourian.com blogdom. Melanie is a tireless advocate for dogs in our area and beyond. She is currently crusading to assist as many shelter/sanctuary dogs as possible earn their Canine Good Citizenship certification from the American Kennel Club. Silverwalk Beagle & Hound Sanctuary is greatly appreciative, especially Spanky, Lady Bird, Shiloh and Scout. Wouldn't you like to know the dog you are interested in adopting has already proven their abiltiy to be a good citizen? Next up - Farrah and Sugar Bear! Please, check out her blog.
9/11 Hero Dog Dies From Cancer
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