We hope lives were not lost in vain

TODAY the world will sombrely remember how one year ago a terrorist massacre in America reminded us all how tenuous is our freedom, and how vulnerable is our peace.

The very essence of freedom was rocked by an evil of inconceivable immensity, as a global audience witnessed the diabolical attack on the seat of democracy.

Twelve months ago the world stood still, frozen into disbelief as the United States of America was subjected to a series of fanatical terrorist attacks of apocalyptic proportions.