In honor of 9-11, a post of remembrance for the victims on that day alongside the lost young men and women whose lives are at risk with each passing day in Iraq and Afghanistan. The most recent count:

9-11 Victims

• New York City Known Victims: 2,603
• New York City Presumed Dead: 24
• American Airlines passengers - NYC: 88
• United Airlines passengers - NYC: 59
• Arlington, VA Known Victims: 125
• American Airlines passengers: 59
• Shanksville, PA Known Victims: 40
• Total 9-11 Victims: 2,998

Dead and Injured American Soldiers and Civilians in Iraq

• American Deaths in Iraq as of 9/10/2007: 3,774
• Americans Wounded in Iraq as of 9/10/2007: 27,767

Dead and Injured American Soldiers in Afghanistan

• American Deaths in Afghanistan as of 9/10/2007: 440
• Americans Wounded in Afghanistan as of 9/10/2007: 6,170

For you and I are one way ticket holders
on a one way street.
which lies across a golden valley
where the waters of joy and hope run deep.
So if you pass the parents weeping
of the young ones who have died,
take them to your warmth and keeping
for blessed are the tears they cried
and many were the years they tried.
Take them to that valley wide
and let their souls be pacified.

- “Blessed Are…” - Joan Baez, 1971

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