USS Cole

 Twenty years ago today, 17 American Navy sailors were killed on their ship. Al Qaeda attacked the USS Cole, not during any war, resulting in those seventeen deaths and the injury of 39 others. The photo below is a memorial service held five years after the attack.

Commanding Officer on the ship commended his crew: "No one panicked. They set about dividing into three groups: damage control to save the ship, triage to say their shipmates, and security to prevent what could be another attack."

Response from the President at that time: 

“To those who attacked them we say, you will not find a safe harbor. We will find you and justice will prevail. America will not stop standing guard for peace or freedom or stability in the Middle East and around the world.”