We will never forget ...

9/11 has become a day that the few in the world do not instantly recognize the significance of. Here in the US the day is hard for many of us and moments of silence and tributes take place across the country throughout the day. There are few who cannot tell you exactly where they were at time the attacks took place and what they were doing. We turned on radios and televisions and scoured the internet for any information we could find to make sense of the horrible tragedy that was taking place. Calls were made to loved ones and panic set in when cell towers and long distance lines became over loaded and calls simply couldn't be connected.

I relive this day many times a year when I recall the loss of people I knew who simply never reappeared and on this day more than any other I fight to remember the loved ones we lost and the men and women who fight daily to defend the freedoms that I and so many others sometimes take for granted.

So many people rushed to help that day - firemen, paramedics, police officers, even average civilians came forward to do whatever they could. I was halfway across the country and felt desparate to do anything I could so gave blood and volunteered to help man blood drives.

I thought a lot today about who I wanted to feature in this week's PP udate. Ultimately I decided on the military men (there are women as well, but this is PP) who stand up every day so that I can sleep at night without fear. Each of the pictures presented here is a US soldier in one of the military branches. I respect them even more than I can ever possibly put into words.

God Bless of the members of the US Military whether active or reserve for having the courage and committment to serve and offer to stand for what the United States of America was founded on - freedom.

We will never forget.