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Remembering I was thinking about 9/11. Twenty-three years ago, it is such a sad day ! Thousands of people spent there last days in NY, PA, and DC. They left their loved ones, with the last kiss, hug, and I love U's. I was at work and when I got there, they told me a plane went into the one tower. I rushed to the office and listened to the radio. Another plane hit the other tower. Then a plane hit the building in DC and another plane went down in a field in PA on it's way to DC. Hearing on the news was devastating that the towers came down. All I could do was cry. Days after that, we all got together. Humanity kicked in, I remember standing outside with candles lit and praying together. I remember people collecting stuff and taking donations for our heroes and families from the tragedy. I remember going to a few memorial services held. Seeing all the flowers, letters and such from their loved ones. I know that being a parent and losing a is very hard. But a losing a loved one was hard for me to deal with. How can a understand the Y ????? We encourage our to move mountains. Who would ever think we would kiss our last kiss, hug our last hug, and say our last I love U to them. In minutes and seconds it was done. I think of how vulnerable we were then, and how vulnerable we r now. Right now, we r dealing with wars in other countries, while here in the US we r dealing with our own acts of violence against each other. Our own president doesn't want to do public appearances right now ! Really ????? Not sure if we can be US strong again like we were back then. Remembering 9/11 sending prayers out to our heroes and loved ones lost. Thank U and all our service people. |
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Just my thoughts and opinion
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Your post brought back the memories of where I was at that time. I was passing medicine in the dining room, and as usual, we had the big TV on and a few residents were watching it. Suddenly, I heard someone gasp and someone curse, so I turned to see the problem, but all were staring at the TV. We all watched in disbelief that this was real life. Some of my residents cried, others cursed, and many just sat silently. The ladies started asking where to go volunteer at the Red Cross for bandage making, and the veterans asked if they could still enlist again. All were in the same patriotic mode they had when they were younger and our nation went to war. My facility asked me to hold a prayer service that afternoon, and counsel and encourage and comfort our residents. I shudder to think what our nation's younger generations would do if something like that would happen again. I do not think we are prepared at all. Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.
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Mrs Joe, exactly my thought.
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I was in a writing class and the TV was on, we saw the second crash as it happened. Later in the week we found out that a fellow student had lost a family member that day. Withing the weeks to follow there were multiple bomb threats to the college and campus had to be evacuated each time. None of the threats proved to be real, glad they didn't. My writing instructor said we would never forget, and it appears he was right.
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I was at work that day and will never forget it. People in the US are great to have managed to get on with their lives as best they could. It was barbaric.
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