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Vbeream The democratic freedoms we all share were attacked by terrorists from afar, and
Memo: Nearly 3,000 perished in the atfack,'373 of those were citizens from another
country, all innocent victims of an evil beyond our comprehension, and
VTjereac This loss of life and the savagery of the attack on icons of our freedoms have left few
Americans untouched, and
Vbeream We reel with the pure hatred displayed for all the world to see and search for
answers to what drives men to these premeditated, : actions, and
Vbereao: search our souls for peace anti answers 'and reevaluate those freedoms we have
taken for Granted, and
Vbereao: We want to reach out to those families that have been sacrificed for a meaningless
representation of a radical political view, and
Vberea o: Our standard has been "One Nation Under God ", and,
�fjerea�: Weshpgld stand up for our. rights and freedoms with God's Guidance, and
I fjerea m These evildoers must be.shown what freedom means to Americans, including the
right to worship our!God without fear of intimidation, and
Vberea m September 11 as a Day of Prayer, remembrance, and a rededication to patriotism
and love of country will be recognized forever,
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Pow therefore:
I, as Mayor of the City of Ocoee, Florida proclaim that September 11, 2013, be known as
a day that all citizens came together in a unified voice to reach out to their deity for
answers and direction in what appears to be a war of life styles, freedom versus evil.
If 11ttr)P.1: We ask for Divine intervention to help with the hurt of the personal losses so
many of our neighbors and friends have experienced. And finally we ask for God's
guidance for the leaders of our country to make the right decisions in responding to this
demonist atrocity.
t IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto
have set my hand and caused the Seal of
the City of Ocoee to be affixed this 20
day of August 2013
S. Scott Vanden Ai t, May"
. , 7a ,God Bless America and May She Survive Forever.
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