Fence Post.(News)(Letter to the Editor)

0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), September, 2002

Editor's note: The Daily Herald recently solicited from readers' and various leaders' personal reflections on the terrorist attacks of a year ago. Today, we continue printing these essays. Something shines amid the darkness In honor of Jeffrey P. Mladenik, the splendid husband, father and pastor who gave his life on American Airlines Flight 11: We will not soon forget the year behind us, nor the heat and heartache of the tragedies that changed the lives of so many households and the life of our nation.

We continue to feel and pray for those who have lost the most and for those who labor to bring an end to terror. Somehow, however, something shines amid the flames of our times - the glint of gold refined by fire. There is the sense of "commonwealth"...