9/11 - 11 years on

[lawrawrrr]

Well it's 11 years down the line. A lot of us are too young to remember it actually happening (or at least faint memories, that's all I have) but it's still a major event, so important and I'm sure you know all about it. I was writing an assignment about it for one of my modules this year and I had to do so much research, it really got to me and I feel really connected to it, and therefore very emotional. I don't know if you've seen reaction videos, or heard phone calls but I'll try to find some videos for you later.

Anyway the main reason for posting this thread is to remember all of the people who died, and the families who lost people during the horrific attacks on this day, 11 years ago. May they rest in peace, and be remembered for their innocent suffering. Let us use this thread in a positive way and not turn it into an argument like everything else seems to be these days. Be respectful of the dead.

Anyway, like I said, 2 months ago I was writing about this, and I feel this is the time to post my poem for it - have a read and a moment of silence to remember those people.


From Ashes We Build


One fateful day,
and everything is different.
The smoke is gone,
the ash disappeared,
but the memories remain.
The site of a thousand bustling lives
empty
and the world seems slower.


He left in the morning,
smile on his face,
briefcase in hand,
for the Trade Centre-
where he remains.
They saw it coming,
jumped,
There was no hope of life.


Ten years have passed,
and life has moved on.
The threat has faded,
memorials built;
dead remembered as heroes.
All that’s left is a name;
Richard
engraved in bronze.


In trees, in mirrors, in water,
life grows from the remains
of the lives once extinguished
at Ground Zero
that fateful day.
On this anniversary,
we honour the dead,
silent,

in memoriam.


From ashes we build.




Based on this picture:




Rest in Peace.

[Johnathan]

I have been staring at this for the past 5 minutes wondering what I could add. Yet I just can't. What you have wrote is perfect, and really inspirational. R.I.P

[Mathew]

My heart always beats a little faster on 9/11: the anniversary of a truly horrific act of sheer cowardliness. There's a huge lump in my throat already. It's been 11 years, and I remember the day just as if it was yesterday. May those innocent heroes rest in peace. Forever.

[lawrawrrr]

I have been staring at this for the past 5 minutes wondering what I could add. Yet I just can't. What you have wrote is perfect, and really inspirational. R.I.P

This is like the nicest comment I've ever got!! Thank you so much. I just wanted to do them justice.

[Eric]

can't believe it has been 11 years, i remember i was only 5 when this horrendous event happened and changed the whole world. R.I.P to those who lost their lives.

[Shockwave.2CC]

Been 11 years already and for me it still feels like it was yesterday

I've been doing a min silence at 1:46pm BST (8:46am EST) every year on 9/11 since it happend, just to remember all those who lost there lives on that day.

I still can't believe that the youngest victim was 2 years old Christine Lee Hanson who died when United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into South Tower.
I also can't believe the youngest victim to die in the towers was 18 year old Richard Allen Pearlman.

R.I.P all

[wixard]

i was 9 and remember everything, old enough to remember I guessjoked about it with my friends 'it's only 2 buildings!!!'
til my mum was like 'yeah with a ton of people inside'


i was like oh

[Grig]

Great poem Laura .

You should all watch the film World Trade Center. Really hits the reality and scale of the situation home. RIP to all those who lost their lives much too early on this tragic day.

[dirrty]

i'm always filled with mixed emotions when it comes to 9/11. obviously it's something that shouldn't of happened, and my thoughts are forever with the victims and their family. but another side of me just thinks that all the atrocities that the US have, and are currently committing are forever brushed under the rug, ignored or 'supposedly' justified for whatever reason. as i said before, i'll forever feel sorry for the victims and their families (as innocent peoples deaths are always upsetting), but not for the country as a whole. i just find it difficult to separate feeling sorry for a country whose inflicted so much pain, sorrow and death upon other innocent families (regardless of their supposed agenda).

nevertheless, RIP.

[Deak]

What an awful day this was 11 years ago!

RIP to all those who passed away & i hope that all of the families are coping as well as they can on this sad sad day