"Sept 11 Animal Heroes & Victims: A Perspective-Ten Years Later" Posted By Rev. Barbara Sexton 'Dear Ones Healing Ministry'

Regina Perry of Stamford, CT holding Mom Adrienne Perry's latest 'foster pup'-"Sunshine'
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Ten Years Later: Remembering 9/11

LINK: http://www.aspca.org/fir

Few will ever forget that terrible day, 10 years ago, when countless lives were changed forever. Here at the ASPCA, the events of September 11 were devastating not only because of the tragedy that occurred in our hometown , but because they were such an extreme affront to the humane principles of compassion and kindness on which our organization was founded. Knowing many animals were likely affected by the disaster, we sprang into action. ASPCA volunteers and staff immediately prepared to rescue orphaned pets in lower Manhattan. We set up two mobile veterinary units to provide medical care for thousands of lost animals. ASPCA Humane Law Enforcement Agents worked nonstop to retrieve stranded pets and reunite them with their parents. Even our President and CEO at the time, Dr. Larry Hawk, who lost his sister, a flight attendant on American Airlines Flight 11, rolled up his sleeves to offer support through his grief. These initial efforts and the overwhelming generosity of the public were a harbinger of things to come. In the weeks following 9/11, our volunteer applications, which averaged 60 to 80 per month, swelled to 5,000, and more than 100 organizations across the country offered to send supplies, food and funds. Today, that generous spirit lives on. It lives in the smaller actions we take every single day to assist those who need us. This innate selflessness serves as a powerful reminder that, despite the terrible actions taken by a few on September 11, humankind’s impulse to reach out and help people and animals in need will, in the end, emerge triumphant.
From Rev. Barb:

      God Bless the ASPCA and all Animal Rescue Persons and groups who care about our littlest creatures. Terrorist threats against good people, by definition, include ALL members of our families--which means our companion animals, too, as well as innocent wildlife.

     Please 'give hands' to those who take care to care for our 'furry/feathered/scaled' friends and donate to the ASPCA, The Humane Society, as well as to your local animal rescue shelters and organizations TODAY!

     Do a '9/11 Remembrance'...and thank our Dear Lord for providing us with canine and other 'service animals' who protect and defend our very way of life. Remember that many 'search and rescue, police, bomb-sniffing, military, prison' and 'other-sniffing' & cadaver dogs' are animal shelter 'cast-offs'.

     And remember that these are the very creatures who detect life-threatening explosive materials...who help locate precious survivors...and who, finally, can help provide closure when the worst of all possible fates befalls an American family.

     Then ask yourself just what it is worth to you to know that you can make a real difference by SUPPORTING THE ASPCA and all other organizations and people who labor to help you live your life in freedom and liberty.

     No amount is too small...and no large amount can really be sufficient. The economy being what it is, we also we remember that another way to help is by 'fostering' therapy dogs and other shelter animals who simply WILL NOT MAKE IT if you don't kick in with your contribution.

     Thank you for listening to my plea here. I am humbled to have a very caring and sentient 'readership' who understand just how very valuable animals can be as we reflect upon the hurdles that face us on this 10th Anniversary of September 11, 2001.

     Please remember the images of 'hero canines & their handlers' this Sept 11, 2011.

     You can be a true blessing to them and their compatriots, even when others do not care at all.

With Love in Christ,

Rev. Barbara Sexton

"The Biblical Biochemist-Where Science Meets the Cross"

www.DearOnesHealingMinistry.blogspot.com/

 "Sunshine" being 'fostered' by Adrienne Perry of Stamford, CT...held here by Adrienne's daughter & flute 'prodigy' Regina Perry--one of my 'confirmands'.