Message From Ryan Courtade Regarding 9/11/2001

September 15, 2001

On September 11, 2001 our freedom as Americans was threatened. Thousands upon

thousands of people in the twin towers, and Pentagon. These terrorist were

not just attacking New York, or the United States military, they were

attacking us as a person, and our values. For four days I have sat in front

of the television speechless, not communicating to any of you regarding

anything. I have been reading e-mails, talking with friends, family, and Love

All Animals volunteers. As a 15 year old boy, I am shocked, this is the first

war I have been old enough to remember, and this is the worst act of

terrorism the United States of America has experienced.

Since I could speak I have promoted compassion. I have promoted compassion to

all living things, human and non-human. This terrorism in the past week has

deeply saddened me, and scared me. But it has encouraged me to work harder.

Now more than ever I understand how strong of message compassion is and how

strong we need to make our message. This act has made me want ,more than

ever, to make CompassionFest the most compassionate event ever to take place

in the world. If people have compassion to living things, there should never

be an act like this happen again.

So as I pray for the people that died in this act, for the families left

behind, for the rescue workers spending days of physical work in the heat,

and for our world leaders, I ask you to pray with me. I also ask that you

show your dedication to the United States by placing an American Flag in your

front yard, donate to the American Red Cross, or other charitable

organization, or light a candle and place it in your window at night.

The world needs to be shown that we will continue our life as usually. We

will also grow stronger from this experience. People can knock down our

buildings, but they cannot knock down our freedom.

God Bless America!

Your Friend in Freedom,

Ryan Courtade

Ryan

If any of you were affected by these terrorist acts, please e-mail me:

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