Judy Price is Writing

I think it timely to post a ‘thank you’ to all rescue workers worldwide.

Most recently, and at the forefront of my mind are the Chilean crew who methodically and expertly successfully extracted 33 miners after a 69 day entrapment below ground.

“Mission Accomplished” is the banner these heroes proudly displayed in their own language, before surfacing in the rescue capsule one by one themselves.

Thankfully, we have emergency, fire, police, ambulance, medical, military, search and rescue, coast guard; all manner of individuals willing to risk their lives to save others.

Forgive me if I missed naming groups who routinely ‘rescue’ their fellow citizens, for there are far too many to be inclusive of all.

I am again reminded of 9/11 and where I was, in this year of 2010, on the 9th anniversary of the horror that occurred in New York City . . . .

Outside the fire hall in Anchorage, Alaska a ceremony took place as a soldier at the street corner stopped in reverence and silence, before saluting when the Star Spangled Banner resounded with the raising, then lowering, of the Stars and Stripes to half mast.

I was walking on the sidewalk behind him at the time, and when I realized what was unfolding before me, I memorialized the solemn moment, capturing his respectful quiet stance before the music played . . . .

9/11 2010