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1 <br /> WE BECAME TRANSFIXED IN FRONT OF OUR <br /> TELEVISION SETS AS THE HORROR CONTINUED TO <br /> UNFOLD BEFORE OUR EYES . . . . . <br /> THE SCENES OF TERROR OVERWHELMED US AS WE <br /> WATCHED HELPLESSLY AS EXPLOSION AFTER <br /> EXPLOSION TORE THROUGH THE WORLD TRADE <br /> CENTERS CAUSING THE UNTHINKABLE COLLAPSE OF <br /> THE 110 STORY TOWERS , CRUMBLING INTO A 5 STORY <br /> HEAP OF RUBBLE, BURYING THOUSANDS . . . . . . <br /> WE ARE UNITED IN OUR AWE OF THE OF THE FIRE <br /> FIGHTERS , PARAMEDICS, POLICE AND OTHERS WHO <br /> SO COURAGEOUSLY AIDED IN THE SELFLESS RESCUE <br /> OF OTHERS , AND WHO PAID THE SUPREME PRICE. <br /> WE ARE UNITED BEHIND OUR PRESIDENT AND <br /> GOVERNMENT AS THEY SORT THROUGH THE <br /> UNIMAGINABLE AND DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE <br /> RESPONSE. - <br /> THE PEOPLE OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY HAVE <br /> RESPONDED , AS IF BY DUTY, TO THE DONATION OF <br /> BLOOD , FINANCIAL RESOURCES, AND THE CALL TO <br /> PRAYER. <br /> AND SO THIS MORNING , IT IS APPROPRIATE THAT WE <br /> HAVE A BRIEF CEREMONY TO HONOR THOSE BRAVE <br /> SOULS WHO PERISHED IN THE TERRORIST ATTACKS <br /> ON AMERICAN SOIL - ONE WEEK AGO TODAY, <br /> SEPTEMBER 11 , 2001 . <br /> THE REVEREND JIM NEWSOME, PASTOR OF THE FIRST <br /> BAPTIST CHURCH , WILL GIVE THE INVOCATION. . . .. . <br /> FOLLOWING THE INVOCATION , PLEASE REMAIN <br /> STANDING FOR A FEW MOMENTS OF PRAYERFUL <br /> SILENCE AND REFLECTION AS AMERICA, THE <br /> BEAUTIFUL IS PLAYED . THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE <br /> WILL FOLLOW. . . . . <br /> SEPTEMBER 18 , 2001 <br /> - 2 - <br /> I FG 2 0 <br />