story698.xml
Title
story698.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-05-31
911DA Story: Story
Our World Came Crashing Down
Today we watched in horror
As our world came crashing down.
At first we thought, "An Accident?"
And then we find we're wrong.
The towers stood together
For such a long, long time.
They had been strong thru other attacks,
But today came crashing down.
An airplane, no two.
We cannot believe our eyes.
Oh, no! Two more!
Hijacked in our skies.
The Pentagon was next,
In a cloud of smoke and fire.
Disintegrated,
And then came crashing down.
An empty field near Pittsburgh,
Soon engulfed in flames.
Brave pilots and passengers who defied,
And then came crashing down.
Millions watched in horror,
As thousands more just died.
What reason can there be
To have our world come crashing down.
EMTs and medics,
Firemen and police,
Gave their lives for us,
As our world came crashing down.
Can we survive this horror?
As we have times before?
We can and we will,
REFUSE to have our world come crashing down!
Author Heather Colley
http://members.myecom.net/members/nursecol/
Today we watched in horror
As our world came crashing down.
At first we thought, "An Accident?"
And then we find we're wrong.
The towers stood together
For such a long, long time.
They had been strong thru other attacks,
But today came crashing down.
An airplane, no two.
We cannot believe our eyes.
Oh, no! Two more!
Hijacked in our skies.
The Pentagon was next,
In a cloud of smoke and fire.
Disintegrated,
And then came crashing down.
An empty field near Pittsburgh,
Soon engulfed in flames.
Brave pilots and passengers who defied,
And then came crashing down.
Millions watched in horror,
As thousands more just died.
What reason can there be
To have our world come crashing down.
EMTs and medics,
Firemen and police,
Gave their lives for us,
As our world came crashing down.
Can we survive this horror?
As we have times before?
We can and we will,
REFUSE to have our world come crashing down!
Author Heather Colley
http://members.myecom.net/members/nursecol/
Collection
Citation
“story698.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed December 22, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/10348.