Remembrance
By AmyToo

Rated: PG
Summary: The JAG staff pauses to remember the events
of September 11th on its 6-month anniversary.
Spoilers: None
Disclaimers: I don't own JAG but rather it belongs to
Mr. Donald P. Bellisario and CBS. NO copyright
infringement is intended by the writing or publication
of this story. PLEASE DON'T SUE ME!

Author's Note: This fanfic is no way intended to
dishonor the memories of those who died at the World
Trade Center, nor the Pentagon, nor in Pennsylvania.
Please DO NOT flame me for posting this!

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1433 Zulu
JAG Headquarters
Falls Church, VA.

A knock on his door startled Harm out of the paperwork
he was doing for his latest case. The door opened and
Tiner poked his head inside.

"Excuse me, sir, but the Admiral wants everyone to
meet outside the building at the flag pole for the
ceremony."

"What time is it, Tiner?" Harm asked, glancing at his
watch.

"1434, sir."

"1434? Wow, the time just slipped away on me. I'll be
along directly. Thank you, Tiner," Harm said. He got
up from his chair, taking a second to stretch as he'd
been sitting all morning since he'd gotten back from
the staff meeting. Grabbing his cover from a nearby
chair, he finally exited his office just as Mac was
leaving hers.

"Looks like we're the last ones out," he commented.

Mac nodded. "It's 1433 and 15 seconds," she replied
without glancing at her watch as always. 

"Then we'd better get outside before the Admiral chews
our sixes out for being late," Harm replied.

A moment later, they entered the elevator, and after
another few seconds they were stepping out into the
sunlight of a clear, sunny, beautiful day -- just has
it had been six months ago when the worst act of
terrorism the world had ever seen was committed.
Outside, the entire JAG staff has already gathered
when its last two senior officers joined their ranks. 

The senior staff, which included all of the court
judges, was lined up before the flagpole with the
enlisted personnel forming ranks behind them.  Near
the pole stood Admiral Chegwidden with a team
representing both the Navy and the Marine Corps stood
ready to raise the flag in this special ceremony,
while a staff sergeant stood by, ready to play "TAPS"
once the flag was raised. 

At 1437:45, Admiral Chegwidden issued an order,
"Attention in ranks!"

The ceremony began precisely at 1437:51 with exactly
189 seconds of silence for all the victims who died at
the Pentagon, those who in the airplane being honored
with those inside the building itself. After the
silence was ended, the flag team proceeded to raise
the United States flag to where it would fly high in
the sky until sunset.

Everyone present saluted as the flag was raised, and
continued to salute as the mournful notes of "TAPS "
was played. Everyone present fought back tears as
memories of that day came to mind, as they thought of
all the people lost because of hatred. After the last
note had died down, the Admiral turned to face the
company behind him.

"Dismissed!"

As everyone went back inside, the only sound heard was
that of flag as it fluttered in the breeze above...

The End

Additional Notes: If the total number of those lost at
the Pentagon is not correct, I apologize.

Just to clarify things, it was 9:40 AM when American
Flight 77, en route from Dulles Airport, Washington
DC, to Los Angeles with 64 people onboard, crashed
into the Pentagon.