| IN MEMORY OF THE TRADE CENTER DISASTER |
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| "To Grasp an Understanding" In memory of the victims of the World Trade Center attack, September 11.2001 Our world falters and steadies itself against the simple shock And we remind ourselves it could never happen here We reach to grasp an understanding We fail We fail again What heart could set itself to slash at half a million hearts What sin could tarnish us so deeply to justify the insanity What evil must we be found guilty to shatter the bonds of love of uncounted lives innocent or not What mind could conceive the mindlessness of this What heart conceive the heartlessness How does one contemplate the uncontemplable We reach for words which no one has created We have seen this mindlessness before We have seen our souls staring back from the screaming banners of smudgy newsprint pages into our puzzled faces Pearl Harbor Dresden Hiroshima Oklahoma City Waco The Trinity burst that holds us captive still How is it we have failed to know this How is it we haven1t understood We are all brothers We are all sisters Slashing still at our own hearts ___________ -- L. George Daniels [email protected] |
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| Proud American's that have visted this site |
| Since September 12, 2001 |
| On Monday there were people fighting against praying in schools On Tuesday you would have been hard pressed to find a school where someone was not praying On Monday there were people were trying to separate each other by race, sex, color and creed On Tuesday they were all holding hands On Monday we thought that we were secure On Tuesday we learned better On Monday we were talking about heroes as being athletes On Tuesday we relearned what hero meant On Monday people went to work at the world trade centers as usual On Tuesday they died On Monday people were fighting the 10 commandments on government property On Tuesday the same people all said 'God help us all' while thinking 'Thou shall not kill' On Monday people argued with their kids about picking up their room On Tuesday the same people could not get home fast enough to hug their kids On Monday people picked up McDonalds for dinner On Tuesday they stayed home On Monday people were upset that their dry cleaning was not ready on time On Tuesday they were lining up to give blood for the dying On Monday politicians argued about budget surpluses On Tuesday grief stricken they sang 'God Bless America' On Monday we worried about the traffic and getting to work late On Tuesday we worried about a plane crashing into your house or place of business On Monday we were irritated that our rebate checks had not arrived On Tuesday we saw people celebrating people dying in the USA On Monday some children had solid families On Tuesday they were orphans On Monday the president was going to Florida to read to children On Tuesday he returned to Washington to protect our children On Monday we emailed jokes On Tuesday we did not It is sadly ironic how it takes horrific events to place things into perspective, but it has. The lessons learned this week, the things we have taken for granted, the things that have been forgotten or overlooked, hopefully will never be forgotten again. On Monday - pray and be thankful On Tuesday - pray and be thankful On Wednesday - pray and be thankful On Thursday - pray and be thankful On Friday - pray and be thankful On Saturday - pray and be thankful On Sunday - pray and be thankful |
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| SALT LAKE CITY, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Salt Lake City welcomed the world to the Winter Olympics with a blaze of patriotism ignited by the appearance of the "Ground Zero" flag at Friday's opening ceremony. Eight American athletes slowly carried the flag, dug out from the rubble of the World Trade Center following the September 11 attacks, into Rice-Eccles Stadium at the start of the ceremony. Their arrival was met by a respectful one minute of silence from 52,000 spectators, many in tears, before they burst into cheers. The potent symbol of American patriotism and resilience was also escorted by New York police officers and firemen before the singing of the American national anthem amid snow flurries. |
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