Dear Editor:

I was honored to be able to attend the 9/11 memorial in Ouray this year. What a great tradition in a small part of our great nation! I wore my shrouded badge proudly to honor those first responders who gave their lives on that day and as result of that day, and to salute our flag as it was raised to half-staff.

Twenty-two years ago I was in New York City at Building 7 meeting many officers who worked from that building at the World Trade Center before it was destroyed, and many of the...