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Show KUED remembers September For the greatest generation, it was Pearl Harbor. For baby boomers, it was John F. Kennedys assassination. For those of the new millennium, it will no doubt be September 11 a day of such import that departed, and analyze the attacks and their aftermath. Forgotten Heroes of 91 1 On the anniversary of the of life. But what is that exPrograming begins with Frontline Faith and Doubt at September 11 attack on our actly - and who is responsible way of life, justice demands September 11, 7 p.m.). Ground that we acknowledge an overZero in Manhattan is a place looked hero: the businessman, by Onkar Ghate theyll forever remember of pilgrimage. Thousands of of the Ayn Rand Institute where they were and what people visit the site, looking for Fittingly, in the wake of Septhey did when the towers fell consolation as they question tember 11, there is increased and the world changed. the events of September 11. As the nation marks the one-yer The program appreciation of the vital imporanniversary of the explores how survivors, tance of our police and our attacks on the World Trade families and friends cope with military in defending us Center and the Pentagon, diflicult questions of good and against attack. But the terrorist assaults KUED offers a selection of evil, Gods culpability, and the programs that salute the potential for darkness within should have also underscored the crucial role of another heroes, memorialize the religion itself. group ofAmerican heroes. The deeds ofthose individuals, unfortunately, continue to go un- Ground Zero (Wednesday, two-hou- ar t ' THK SAN JUAN KKCOKD Wvdnmday, September 11. 2002 11 'um AGENCY INSURANCE REAL ESTATE CLOSINGS TITLE INSURANCE SERVING SAN JUAN & GRAND COUNTIES Daniel G. 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It is the free mind of the businesssion or movie theaters or concert halls - few hospitals, no man that raises the capital high-tec- h devices. What there and creates the methods by which the discoveries of sciis, in abundance, is the backbreaking labor of a subhuman ence are transformed into comexistence. Unlike America, mercial products. It is the businessman who Afghanistan has scant materecognized. producRemember that as admi- rial wealth and virtually no in- invents assembly-lin- e tion and turns the automobile rable as our men in uniform dustrialization. Why? What explains this from a curiosity to a necessity. are, we would be better off if their courage were not needed, lack? Only one factor: the It is the businessman who figures out how to deploy the lati.e., if there were no criminals absence of freedom. to jail or foreign aggressors to Afghanistan has been a est discovery in chemistry into defeat. Their actions derive country without liberty. Its a fertilizer that boosts agriculis businessmeaning from the values they citizens had no right to think tural yields. It the for themselves: their man who coordinates and didedicate themselves to protectthoughts were dictated by rects vast amounts of capital ing the values commonly described as the American way the Taliban. They had no right and labor in order to build transcontinental railways, cog lossal dams, passenger planes, and electrical generating stations. It is the businessman who is among the first to recognize the value of innovations, patiently waiting for others to see s, - - ocean-hoppin- SAN JUAN HEALTH SERVICES DISTRICT is pleased to announce CjxpancfedJfospiiaf Surgical Jfours Due to increasing numbers of surgical procedures and consultations, Dr. Kevin Matteson has expanded his hours in the San Juan Hospital. He will now be at the hospital every Wednesday. Quality care at home. Appointments are made by call16 or by referral from ing your physician. 435-587-- 21 2). JCeuin UKalieson Geriifiecf Sieneraf Surgeon, Amputation Colonoscopy Skin Cancer Removal Endoscopy Breast Biopsy Mastectomy Clinic 435-587-21- man is the creator of the American way of life - a life of prosperity and progress made possible by freedom. Without his present and past actions, our daily lives would resemble the dismal existence of the Afghanis. The terrorists, who in their words love death like Americans love life, understand the connection of business to life. That is why they struck at the symbols of commercial success: the skyscrapers of the World TVade Center. It is time we grasp that connection. 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The business- and movies American CBoarcf ofSurgeons San Juan Hospital what he has seen many businessmen who perished on that date, and their thousands of brothers-in-spirwho survived, are the individuals who make that way of life a daily reality. In justice, as we commemorate the anniversary of that tragic day, should we not also . pay tribute to these heroes? it & Clinic - i |