story1767.xml
Title
story1767.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-09-05
911DA Story: Story
Proud to be American!
I am a new Citizen, who so proudly
rose the flag to fly it in the sky
just a short year ago.
The words of the Oath of Allegiance
still so fresh in my mind and edged
in my
heart for ever there to stay.
I am going to treasure
these words of honor and pledge
to the Nation, I Love so much
and will admire as long as
I shall live.
I was born in a country, enslaved
by the enemy at that time, and never will
forget the picture my father secretly
showed me when I was just a child.
It was a beautiful statue with a torch,
held so high
that it brought light and hope for
all of us in the darkest of times.
That is still the light, so bright
that brings together
all Nations yearning for peace,
and gives us mankind`s most valued
asset - the Freedom to share.
When so horrible a tragedy struck
my so beloved new home, the United
States, I took out the flag to
fly it again in the sky on the wings of
gentle winds, just as proudly as
I did last year.
The torch, now in every American`s heart
has became a guide to overcome evil and
horror, and gives us the light to carry on
and fight the fears, that were planted so
crudely into our peaceful days.
The American people are so strong,
like never before,
and with tolerance in their hearts
they are calling out for justice
in our troubled world.
On a sunny so beautiful
September morning
sudden suffering crashed down
on a great Nation.
In the black cloud of vaporized concrete and
death
Heros in line of their duty gave
their own precious life to save
innocent human beings.
This is the spirit of the country
I name so proudly my own.
We, the people with many different
heritages and faith,
we stand all United in our
deepest sorrow
but we stand United in our wish
too,
to rise above
this unimaginable tragedy
with the glory of our
History and the Flag, Red, White and Blue.
We fight for a higher cause, with
all our strength and soul,
with the assurance in our mind that
we are going to win not just this battle,
but also the war
against terror, all over the world.
Jutka T. Emoke Barabas
September 11 2001
I am a new Citizen, who so proudly
rose the flag to fly it in the sky
just a short year ago.
The words of the Oath of Allegiance
still so fresh in my mind and edged
in my
heart for ever there to stay.
I am going to treasure
these words of honor and pledge
to the Nation, I Love so much
and will admire as long as
I shall live.
I was born in a country, enslaved
by the enemy at that time, and never will
forget the picture my father secretly
showed me when I was just a child.
It was a beautiful statue with a torch,
held so high
that it brought light and hope for
all of us in the darkest of times.
That is still the light, so bright
that brings together
all Nations yearning for peace,
and gives us mankind`s most valued
asset - the Freedom to share.
When so horrible a tragedy struck
my so beloved new home, the United
States, I took out the flag to
fly it again in the sky on the wings of
gentle winds, just as proudly as
I did last year.
The torch, now in every American`s heart
has became a guide to overcome evil and
horror, and gives us the light to carry on
and fight the fears, that were planted so
crudely into our peaceful days.
The American people are so strong,
like never before,
and with tolerance in their hearts
they are calling out for justice
in our troubled world.
On a sunny so beautiful
September morning
sudden suffering crashed down
on a great Nation.
In the black cloud of vaporized concrete and
death
Heros in line of their duty gave
their own precious life to save
innocent human beings.
This is the spirit of the country
I name so proudly my own.
We, the people with many different
heritages and faith,
we stand all United in our
deepest sorrow
but we stand United in our wish
too,
to rise above
this unimaginable tragedy
with the glory of our
History and the Flag, Red, White and Blue.
We fight for a higher cause, with
all our strength and soul,
with the assurance in our mind that
we are going to win not just this battle,
but also the war
against terror, all over the world.
Jutka T. Emoke Barabas
September 11 2001
Collection
Citation
“story1767.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed December 17, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/15868.