1. Welcome to the second Monday of September. Monday Musings returns today after a two week hiatus. There are just 2 Mondays remaining in September and 15 remaining in 2023. Get busy! The holiday season is upon us!
2. The NFL season has returned and it is with great pleasure that I revive the Family NFL Monday Morning Report. What a wild day it was in the NFL with most of the family favorites winning.
Ravens (1-0) crush Texans (0-1), 25-9
Commanders (1-0) defeat Cardinals (0-1), 20-16
Cowboys (1-0) body-slam Giants (0-1), 40-0
Steelers (0-1) pummeled by 49ers (1-0), 7-30
Dolphins (1-0) swim past Chargers (0-1), 36-34
AL East Standings after games go September 10, 2023
From MLB.com
3. And do not forget baseball. The Orioles remain 3 games up in the AL East. They are in a fight for the division with the season rapidly drawing to a close. There are 20 games remaining in the regular season for the Orioles.
4. The South Florida weather has been almost idyllic since our return from the cruise. We have had a few local rain showers, but I have been relishing in the crystal blue skies after a week of gray overcast.
5. It is the anniversary of 9/11. Take a moment to reflect on this country and the struggles to defeat terrorism during these past 22 years. Also, consider the options being presented in the candidates for president and ensure that we do not sell out democracy for autocratic options with hollow promises.
6. Today in History. September 11, 2001. At 8:45 a.m. on a clear Tuesday morning, an American Airlines Boeing 767 loaded with 20,000 gallons of jet fuel crashes into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. The impact left a gaping, burning hole near the 80th floor of the 110-story skyscraper, instantly killing hundreds of people and trapping hundreds more in higher floors. As the evacuation of the tower and its twin got underway, television cameras broadcasted live images of what initially appeared to be a freak accident. Then, 18 minutes after the first plane hit, a second Boeing 767–United Airlines Flight 175–appeared out of the sky, turned sharply toward the World Trade Center, and sliced into the south tower at about the 60th floor. The collision caused a massive explosion that showered burning debris over surrounding buildings and the streets below. America was under attack.
The attackers were Islamic terrorists from Saudi Arabia and several other Arab nations. Reportedly financed by Saudi fugitive Osama bin Laden’s al Qaeda terrorist organization, they were allegedly acting in retaliation for America’s support of Israel, its involvement in the Persian Gulf War, and its continued military presence in the Middle East. Some of the terrorists had lived in the United States for more than a year and had taken flying lessons at American commercial flight schools. Others had slipped into the U.S. in the months before September 11 and acted as the “muscle” in the operation. The 19 terrorists easily smuggled box-cutters and knives through security at three East Coast airports and boarded four flights bound for California, chosen because the planes were loaded with fuel for the long transcontinental journey. Soon after takeoff, the terrorists commandeered the four planes and took the controls, transforming the ordinary commuter jets into guided missiles.
U.S. Military Exercises in Russia’s Backyard Cause Alarm at the Kremlin - The Wall Street Journal
A long-awaited sample from a near-Earth asteroid is about to land in the US - CNN
Rescuers race to find survivors over 48 hours after Morocco quake - Reuters
Iran, US on verge of prisoner swap under Qatar-mediated deal - Reuters
Ukraine collects Russian bodies on 'road of death' in retaken southeast - Reuters
Trump hearings expected in at least Florida and Georgia this week - The Washington Post
-- Bob Doan, Tequesta, FL
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