email402.xml
Title
email402.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
email
Date Entered
2002-08-19
September 11 Email: Body
I don't even know where to begin. First I thought of what is truly important in life, and then of what sort of plan this all fits into. This is what I came up with:
I pray that this is what will make people stand back. I pray that we will not escalate this, and that we will have the courage not to fight back. I saw the video footage of the World Trade Center collapsing, and any anger or longing for vengeance just dropped out of my soul. I pray that the world sees that we can never kill or promote violence again. The world has seen enough killing and it sickens humanity. Like when the Romans had seen enough unfighting Christians slayed in an arena, they said "no more", when we do not retaliate, this can serve as that which ceases modern war.
This is not likely. People do not work like that, but I ask that you consider this notion. If we fight back, the lives taken today will be even more statistical beneath the violence to come.
Grant us peace, sanctity, and the wisdom to do what is right.
-Alex Reed
I pray that this is what will make people stand back. I pray that we will not escalate this, and that we will have the courage not to fight back. I saw the video footage of the World Trade Center collapsing, and any anger or longing for vengeance just dropped out of my soul. I pray that the world sees that we can never kill or promote violence again. The world has seen enough killing and it sickens humanity. Like when the Romans had seen enough unfighting Christians slayed in an arena, they said "no more", when we do not retaliate, this can serve as that which ceases modern war.
This is not likely. People do not work like that, but I ask that you consider this notion. If we fight back, the lives taken today will be even more statistical beneath the violence to come.
Grant us peace, sanctity, and the wisdom to do what is right.
-Alex Reed
September 11 Email: Date
9/11/01
September 11 Email: Subject
a search for meaning
Collection
Citation
“email402.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed July 8, 2024, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/38079.