I went to the Hydrastorm site in order to cut and paste Blackhawk's "About Hydrastorm" page, but this was there in it's place --
| Welcome and About HydraStorm
Dear Friend:
As you know, our country and our friends were attacked on September 11th, 2001 in the most vicious single act of war ever perpetrated against our nation. The loss of life in this savage act of barbarism will exceed the combined dead of both the attack on Pearl Harbor and the D-Day invasion. It was an act of war by delusional madmen, a cowardly bit of treachery utterly without provocation, it was perpetrated against unarmed civilians, and our vengeance will be complete.
Many of you are actively involved in military special operations or law enforcement. We have friends in the NYPD and the NY Fire Department. Some of those friends have given their lives in bravely and selflessly trying to rescue those in need. They were in the building when it collapsed. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of those who have lost their loved ones.
This was an act of war. But for those who think that this great country will be brought to her knees by any foreign power, you are gravely mistaken. I have a message for the fanatical terrorist bastards who did this. I served with the men and women of our armed services, and rest assured, our resolve is absolute. You have attacked of the greatest land with the greatest people of the most powerful nation in the history of the world. We will grieve, we will heal and we will find you. And when we do, we will send you to hell.
Mistake not our patience for the uncontrollable rage that lies beneath it. The countries who harbor these psychotic delusionals are no less guilty than the pilot guiding the plane. We make the gear that the people who will come for you wear. We made the products used by the those brave cops and firemen at the bottom of those buildings. With renewed resolve, we are doubling our efforts to make available our equipment to our elite anti-terrorist squads. We are extending our hours to accommodate teams on the west coast. We have added additional servers to our 24 hour web service. Like America has always done in times of crises, we individually are doing our part to get our country back on track. We encourage all our friends to do the same.
America's special operations community is the best in the world, and we are proud to be part of that effort. This was and attack on freedom and a way of life. It was horrifying, but in this attempt it was not successful.
A century and a half ago, Abraham Lincoln stated "we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain...that this Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
These innocent Americans who have died in this terrorist war are the tripwire in what must be an all out war on these forces of evil. Let us resolve together as a free people that we will avenge and prevail.
Sincerely yours,
Mike Noell
President & CEO
BlackHawk Industries, Inc
U.S.A.
Thanks Mike.
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Dan
