What is the purpose and intent of the 9-11 ceremonies we are witnessing this week?

In your opinion, what is the purpose and intent of the solemn and uplifting 9-11 ceremonies we are witnessing this week?

From my perspective, the 9-11 ceremonies are intended to remind us how fortunate we are to live in a great and wonderful country like America. These ceremonies are meant to remind us of the tremendous sacrifices and hardships our parents and grandparents had to endure to give us the privileges and opportunities and the magnificent standard of living we enjoy today.

These ceremonies are meant to remind us of the tremendous sacrifice the passengers of United Airlines Flight 93 made to save their fellow countrymen and prevent the very determined 9-11 terrorists from flying the fourth airplane into the U.S Capitol building or the White House.

“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”

These ceremonies are meant to remember and honor our friends and countrymen who perished in the Twin Towers and in the offices of the Pentagon on 9-11.

These ceremonies are not so much for our benefit, but for the benefit of our children and grandchildren so they too will realize what a privilege it is to be an American and enjoy the freedoms and liberties and opportunities that are denied to so many people who live and merely exist today in other parts of the works.