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september
you are my little Joe Girardi (with your helmet on and from the side, I'd say you're the son of JEG). You are going to do big things. You proved that tonight.
I soooooooooooooooooooo get to wear my Cano shirt tomorrow to work :)
<3
And that's the good part of this blog entry. The "OMGAWD" part of it is... Well, you'll just have to see.
Please pray for those we lost, and those who are still fighting for our freedom.
May we always remember our fallen.
THE FACE OF A HERO
© 2001 P. D. Scalici
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13 (KJV)
They may have looked just like you or me, but they were not.
They took no thought going into that dangerous zero ground,
Where there was great risk of life and the air grew so hot.
They may have been fathers, sisters, brothers or friends, a husband, a wife
They may have been unknown to us before, merely a stranger.
That lessened not the bravery for them, these risk takers,
To have gone in with eyes wide open, boldly into unknown danger.
Their lives were shown to us all as they forged on to their task,
The story of the impact written across soot stained faces.
No one called them, to beg for help, for no one had to ask.
Muscles aching, fatigue ran rampant, testing,
Human strength strained and brought beyond its limit.
As they worked side by side, speaking not with words,
But with their spirits, not knowing their future going in it.
As I watched the horror unfold upon the scene fraught with so much fear,
The men and women fighting the unknown forces of evil, faces steeled,
Against the tide of terror, those masks of steel cracked with tears,
Knowing this was to be their greatest test of faith
To reveal the human emotion behind the uniform of these heroes.
The oneness of these rescuers, no thought of their own safety,
Pulled together with everything they could, to try to ease our woes.
And what of those whose lives were taken in the face of so much?
The ones who had to say goodbye to families loved so dearly,
To tell them that they loved them, to somehow reach out to touch?
Just one last time, to say the things, they might never say again.
To try to warn the world of the evils that would befall us all,
To, perhaps, bring peace to those who were destined for this day,
So the last words would provide us with the strength not to fall.
As the towers twin, sat silent that morning, stately above all like sentinels great,
The tragedy of night in the early dawn of day came calling.
All of these brave women and men had been sealed in their fate.
Who would know on this, possibly on their last day of this life,
As they worked vigorously to set so many free
They would leave us a legacy of bravery, fortitude, perseverance, and strength,
On a day meant to bring us down, and instead, united us for eternity.
14 Aug 2006
It did happen on 11 Sept 2001. It shook up the USA and other lands as well. Whatever did happen on this fateful day will be remembered forever by those who could understand and were alive on this date. It shook up many people but still wonder today if the US government knew more really than they tell us and if so why not. Conspircy might be but Bush did not flinch and he remained safe. In NYC many people died, were hurt or lost something from those who took over an airplane and smashed them into famous buildings. I just could not and still today do not fully understand the mental state of those who did so and still today shake in my shoes as I could of been one of those on that plane.
I was home for a short visit. I was living in Taiwan working as an English teacher. My mom died and went home after her funeral late in August as this was the only time available for flights and so took a few extra days just to see some of my family which I have not seen in many years. I was schedule to fly on 11 Sept from Boston to LA and then on to Taipei. Instead I left on 8 Sept flying to San Francisco to see a friend from Taipei who is living there. Then on 10 Sept fly from San Fran onward. Ok! No, problem did just that but arriving early in the evening on the 11th. I did see what was happening on the TV from CNN. It was scary as hell.
I could not at first understood what was going on as I saw the Towers burning and did not realize what did take place. Then the next day went to school and my students were very glad that I was there and not dead. Many knew my flight plans and were very worried. One girl just hung onto me as tight as she could and would not let me go as she was thrilled that I was alive. I did not really understood the true meaning of this act until several days later while thinking what was our government doing. It seemed not much and they cared very little. It was a very big wake up call and Bush seemed to do a few things. Anyway I will remain here in China know as I trust that no one will want to bomb a building here.
Is Bush to blame? Hard to fully say but then who will care anyway? Is it a conspircy of some kind being hidden by those who just will not say much? Did the CIA knew about these people. I do rememeber back in the 1980's Col North was questioned about a a few things and he did mention Osama bin Laden as a possible threat and he wanted to keep his family safe. Ok but what was done after he made that statement.
Now we have a possible threat of aiplanes from England to the USA being targets of terror but who knows if this is really true. They did pick up a few people and still we have not had any trouble it seems. Great.
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