Beaches beckon come walk on my sand and share my shore Enjoy the rides and arcades The crowds are gone so enjoy more Enjoy summer just a little bit longer Before the days grown shorter and darken Indian Summer perhaps September 11 brought attacks, challenges, adaptation, adjustment and aftermath Now recovery and redemption Sorrow personified and magnified We will never forget We will always remember for DC, New York, and Pennsylvania Months that end in ER begin again and again They never really end They echo on our hearts