It's the Tuesday before the Hudson River Swim for Life. It's also September 11. Today, in the Hudson Valley, the sun rose on a beautiful, cloudless, fall day, reminiscent of a day eleven years ago. I struggled with writing today, because today's date will always remind us of loss. It's hard to do justice to the day. However, the purpose of this blog is to raise awareness of people from New York coming together to do something in support of people we don't know, so I will try.
In a few days, over one hundred people will enter the waters of the Hudson River, that beautiful, life giving river that was the backdrop of so many painful pictures, and they will begin to swim. They will swim for the sick and the saints, they will swim for those who have not yet begun their fight, those who have won and those who we have lost.
For me, the lesson of 9-11 has always been that when we were faced with danger and terror and sadness we did not fall apart or give up, we came together. When we enter the water on Saturday, I hope we will be a testament to the fact that when we come together, we can change the world.
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