Against the background of smoke and grit, and the jagged, ghostly remains of one of the Towers of the World Trade Center, called "The Flower" by Ground Zero Rescue Workers, a New York Firefighter, covered with grime and straining with the weight of the unfathomable tragedy around him, said, "This isn’t what the job is supposed to be." Before September 11th, 2001, who among the first responders of America - Firefighters, Police Officers, Emergency Medical Personnel and other Emergency Workers, would have imagined the unspeakable barbarism committed upon innocent people going about their daily routines on that sparkling September morning? By hideous acts of suicidal fanaticism, the lives of several thousand human beings, including more than 300 Firefighters, Police and Rescue Personnel, who heroically rushed into harm’s way to protect and save the innocent, were exterminated. No, it isn’t what the job is supposed to be. As prepared as we are, nothing in our training or experience, ever prepared us for this. But since that awful morning, the entire world has been witness to the commitment, brotherhood, and caring of these excellent people, who dedicate their lives to the protection of others. And we, the public safety community, witnessed the transformation of what the job now is and will be for the future. We can best memorialize these heroes, who paid the ultimate price of service to others, by dedicating ourselves to supporting and protecting the people who are willing to do this work, to the absolute best of our ability. The world will not soon forget what those Firefighters, Police Officers and Rescue Personnel did on September 11th. We, the public safety services, will never forget. And like the anonymous New York firefighter, who went back to his grim work, we will go on and do what we do, in a job transformed by the events of September 11th, 2001. May we all be so blessed to survive the fate that fell our brothers. May their souls be lifted and held higher than any others. May they sit alongside the presence of our Maker, Himself. And may He bless, as He has blessed no others, the little ones and loved ones of those he has called home.