The unforgettable Tribute to our Heroes; and Victims of 9/11, clearly demonstrated [Alacrity vs.
Celerity], which is the duty of every firefighter and law enforcement officer to answer the call of duty with alacrity, and eschew the lure of evil with celerity! On that day in infamy when the most catastrophic act of terrorism took place in the history of the United States of America, hijackers took over a number of airplanes and, in a hideous act of suicide, they blew up the World Trade Center, located in New York City, taking the lives of thousands of innocent men, women, and children with them, and almost succeeded in blowing up our nation's Capital the seat of power of this great nation ...
(Three thousand were lost in the WTC) Nowhere has it been more demonstrable than in recent events in New York City and in our nation's Capital.
The firefighters answered the call of duty by rushing to the call of a fire alarm to save lives and property...
the crime fighter's race to the scene of a crime with fearless celerity as the drama unfolds.
With that said, however, in reality, 'that is easier said than done.
' A police officer may rush to the scene of a crime, such as a hostage-taken situation, only to find him-or herself engaged in negotiations with the hostage taker.
In this scenario, it requires a sagacious methodical plan of action, not a cursory reaction.
All Able-bodied people at some point in their lives had similar experiences, where the foregoing scenario has played out in one way or the other.
This may be the case in our own family, as with sibling revelry...
among adults.
Brother against brother; sister against sister, children against parents, husband against wives...
neighbor against neighbor, etc.
With every contentious situation however, there can be a peaceful resolution to that crisis.
Human beings by nature have this God given ability to rationalize and settle their differences without reacting to impetuous negative impulse.
Realistically speaking, however, there are some calls to duty which may not be so inviting to our response, which we may find abhorrent to our conscience; such as premeditated murder; the act of capital punishment, etc.
There are many other characteristics of human traits, which we have the ability to rationalize before reacting to negative impetuous impulses.
Let us think of the many times in our lives that we acted on negative impulses instead of a methodical response.
Unlike the firefighter answering the call of duty with eagerness and cheerfulness to action...
The crime fighter responding to the scene of a crime with celerity...
We walk across the street out of the way of speeding traffic with celerity.
We answer the telephone of an anticipated call with eagerness or promptness; depending on the circumstances...
It may be a favorable or unfavorable expectation: Nevertheless, we answer the call with [celerity], not knowing what to expect.
Case in point: Every spouse at one time or the other, whether at work or your places of leisure, have had a message of sorts, either from home, the hospital, the school principal, or school nurse, conveying a message vis-à-vis, good or bad.
In this situation, you answer the call with swiftness of action or motion.
In other situations, the call may be from a police officer telling you that your loved one is in jail due to a minor or major infraction of the law.
This time you answer the call with celerity and apprehension! Not with cheerful readiness, eagerness, or promptness in action or movement as the firefighters duty to answer every alarm with alacrity! The infamous events on September 11, 2001, in New York City and in Washington DC, at the Pentagon, where hundreds of deaths and injuries occurred by those hideous suicide bombers is a vivid reminder of man's inhumanity to man; yet on the other side of man...
there is an inborn desire to help our fellowman when the need arises.
As demonstrated by those brave firefighters, police officers, and those Good Samaritans, who answered the call of duty with alacrity.