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2002-09-11

My name is Spring and on 9-11-01, I was 28 years old. Like most people my age moments like this were historical. Our granparents and parents all had their "unforgettable moments. I was too young to care about Elvis, had to wait until I was older to watch the footage of President Kennedy being shot to death next to his wife. These moments were very differents for those who lived through them. Now my generation has its own "unforgettable moment. Not that I thought that we needed one. I always hoped that we would be the first of many generations to live peacefully. It was a nice thought, however, only a dream. Who knows maybe someday my dream will be in the history books along with the great Martin Luther King.
I was at work on the eleventh. One of my co-workers came into the office and started to tell us what had happened. But like most of the Nation, had no clue what really happened other than a plane had hit one of the trade centers. We were shocked by this "accident" and devistated as we watched on the television as the second one hit. I was mortified that someone would plan to do this much harm to so many innocent people. I can't even begin to explain what I was feeling at the time. There are no words to express emotions like the ones I was feeling, along with the rest of the world. Only because of this tradgety could I imagine the emotions my family members felt during their times of sorrow for the country. Now I was greiving with not only a Nation, but the World was greiving too. So many lives lost in such a little time span.
When I could see on the tv that the towers were swaying I started to say "they're going to come down, they're going to come down!", it was too late. My heart fell when they did. and It was Replaced with hate. Now i was mad. To think that one person can feel all of those emotions at one time is impossible. I hope now that I never have to fell that way again.
I still cry for all of the people whose lives were interupted by ignorance. The people who had no choise but to die. Men, women, husband, wives, brothers, sisters, cousins, aunts, uncles, neices ,nephews, friends, but most of all the mothers, fathers and the children will never be forgotten and will always be loved by One Nation. That One Nation to me is all of the people in the world that love and beleive. For if we beleive strong enough we can beat this evil that has come our way.
God Bless is something that I choose to say. And I would be proud to have someone share with me something from their religous beleifs that means a lot to them. I love people. all people, but I do not like ignorance. Ignorance brought slavery and we beat that. Thank you Mr. King for that dream, may mine come true too...before I die.
Thank You to the people who are all heros in my book for becoming the angels that now guide us.
United we stand
for in God we trust