10th Anniversary of 9/11

Subject: 10th Anniversary of 9/11 Sun Sep 11, 2011 5:32 pm

SEPTEMBER 11TH

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O! say can you see by the dawn’s early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,
O’er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there;
O! say does that star-spangled banner yet wave,
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

Understandably, the media is saturated with this topic at the moment. However rather than listen entirely to wordsmiths, I wanted to find something a little different. Searching online, I stumbled on a blog with some very powerful photographs and achingly simple words to describe an historical event with unforgettable magnitude.

THE 9/11 CROSS

During the attacks on 9/11, what we saw on television had many of us open mouthed and completely shocked at what we were looking at. I remember thinking, it just couldn't be. Many Americans like me were angry and wanted to know who was responsible. And yes, many of us wanted to retaliate right then and there with the full fury of our most deadly weapons that sit in our arsenal.

Of course, many of us watched television and cried. Many many of us cried that day, and many days ever since. Seeing the pictures of the World Trade Towers aflame, we watched intently in horror. That is, as intently as we could.

Many of us then turned away when the Americans - who were inside those buildings - starting jumping to their death instead of being burned alive. Yes, sometimes the horror was too much to watch.

For me, I didn't know if the towers would come down. News people on television all talked about it and speculated on and on about it happening. I remember hoping it wouldn't.

Fireman had run into the buildings. Brave good men who I hoped would pull everyone out and we'd then move on and work to find out who would be so Satan-like as to do this. I watched as the First Responders kept coming, but I honestly didn't think the towers would come down. I didn't know if they would, but I guess I was really praying to Almighty God that they wouldn't.

Death and destruction everywhere. The rescuers helpless against the weight of the attack. Even that small symbol of hope, small Saint Nicholas Church, that little church that stood beside the World Trade Center towers - it too was buried.

Despair swept over everyone, yet the job of recovering anyone alive was at hand. While others ran from the dust of the total disintegration of those towering buildings, Firemen and other Rescuers again came forth. Now their job was to put out the fires and search for those alive.

Out of the death, the ruin, and the rubble, a Cross appeared in the aftermath of the World Trade Center attacks on 9/11/2001. It was as if it were a sign.

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It just appeared out of nowhere. The steel structure was riped away from it, and it stood in a place open and solitary. No one put it there, or erected it somehow.

That's right, it simply appeared. Many there thought it as a miracle, a sign of hope, and it gave them a small comfort to know that God has not abandoned us. It rose above the rubble. It rose to give those there hope and comfort.

No one put it up because the fact is that everyone was too busy at the time to put up a cross. Everyone was on a recovery mission to save lives. There simply was no time. Time became something that no one wasted.

The cross revealed itself when needed and gave many there hope during the bleakest of days following 9-11.

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Lest we forget.

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Subject: Re: 10th Anniversary of 9/11 Sun Sep 11, 2011 7:03 pm

Thank you, Nay!

Subject: Re: 10th Anniversary of 9/11 Sun Sep 11, 2011 9:42 pm

Thanks Nay. I've been pretty emotional today while watching the memorial services, etc. Right now I'm watching "102 Minutes that Changed America" on The History Channel, and it brings back a flood of memories as if it happened just yesterday. I don't want to ever forget what happened on that day. It changed not just America, but the world.

Subject: Re: 10th Anniversary of 9/11 Mon Sep 12, 2011 10:13 am

Thank you, Nay. The last few days and weeks we've been watching the personal stories of so many people and, yes, the personal miracles that came out of that horrible day.

I agree that we should never forget the World Trade Towers, the Pentagon and the field near Shanksville Pennsylvania. I know the word HERO has been used over and over again, but we should always stay inspired by these people, even in the little things we may do.

Subject: Re: 10th Anniversary of 9/11 Wed Sep 14, 2011 3:25 am

Thank you, Nay. That was a lovely tribute.

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