Attorney Heiderscheidt’s Statement on the Anniversary of 9/11:
Like virtually all Americans, I remember September 11 all too well. The horrific images of skyscrapers collapsing on innocent New Yorkers from all walks of life remain etched in my memory.
I remember the sadness, horror, and despair in people’s faces. At the start of the morning, we were a nation enjoying the longest peace dividend in modern history. By the afternoon we were a nation at war, with a then-faceless enemy.
September 11 changed the course of American and human history. But what I also distinctly remember is that Americans chose to come together and unite behind our oldest traditions and ideals In defense of our nation, our people, and our way of life. On that day we were not Republicans or Democrats, Liberals or Conservatives, far-left or far-right. We were just, Americans. Dazed, bloodied, in the fog of war, but brothers and sisters united in the instinctual need for cooperation for survival.
Twenty-three years later, we face another such moment in history. A second Cold War has reopened in Europe, and a great religious war is breaking out in the Middle East. Our dollar buys less than it ever has, and goods, services, energy, and gasoline cost more than ever before. Freedoms enshrined in the Bill of Rights are denigrated as potentially harmful to society.
As we navigate a world that presents unique challenges from a paradigm of multipolarity and shifting economic realities, we can best serve our own people by doubling down on our commitment to freedom, civil liberty, and the rule of law. Though the seas may remain stormy, a commitment to these principles will see us through any storm or swail as one people, under God, indivisible, to new ports of prosperity and happiness.
