11 September  2001

  By Bob England 

THIS IS THE DATE  that will ever be remembered. It is, of course, the date that the terrorist attack was made on the World Trade Towers in New York, and overshadowed everything else. 

If this scenerio had been offered as a plot for a book or a film, it may have been seen as too far fetched to be believable, and it is this incredibility that make it all the more horrifying; the very fact that such a carnage could have been so cold-bloodedly planned and executed by human beings against others. 

As I write, the latest count of those dead or still missing stands at 6,250 (including over 200 British people) and I am sure that all members of the Market Harborough Branch of the Royal British Legion will wish me on their behalf, to record our sincerest condolences to all those families who lost their love ones and friends in such harrowing circumstances. ( A tribute was paid  as part of the Act of Homage at the  September Branch meeting) 

I will not write much more about this tragedy because I have no doubt you will all have been following the news media reports  and do not need it all repeated here. Suffice to say that retribution seems inevitable and we must all hope and pray that what will ensue will not cost  thousands more innocent lives.                           

  We do have one member of the branch living in the USA, Anne Bashore, and sincerely hope that she has not suffered personally by this tragedy.

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