And a reminder to please read the Admin "How FF Members can help" message at the top of the board.

Please feel free to take this candle icon back to your "home" threads, and spread the light:

What color ribbon symbolizes this event? If anyone knows of an offcial color, please PM me or e-mail me at JKBosco@aol.com.

I'm adding all of you Roswellians and any oher fan foru members to my prayers. I just keep thinking how lucky I am.

For Carlton, Dave and Katie, and America.

Emily

Everybody over here is deeply shocked about what's happened, and is thinking of you all in the US that are affected by this. I suppose that statement is in the eye of the beholder, though - everybody has been affected by this in some way, even if just by shock, like me. My heart is with all the victims and their families and friends.

If it's okay I'd like to offer one thought - it goes out especially to those who have lost people or are still waiting to hear.

If you have a belief in God, or even if you'd like to but aren't sure what to think, I just want to share one scripture which seems to have a double relevance to me. It also follows on from similar thought from revelation which have already been posted on the previous thread.

John 5:29,29
Do not marvel at this, because the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his (Jesus') voice and come out, those who did good things to a resurrection of life, those who practiced vile things to a resurrection of judgement.

I'd like to think of this as hope for the future; that we will see those who were lost again, and also that those responsible will be brought to justice. We as humans will do what we can, but it's comforting to know that if we can't bring about even a temporary solution, there's somebody (God) who will make sure it comes right.

I hope I've not offended anybody by offering my thoughts here. I realise it may be the wrong thing to say, but it's all I can think of.

All my condolences again, and I'm truly amazed by the supportive nature of my fellow FF posters. I think we've something to be proud of in the way we've all been here for each other. If anybody wants to talk about what I've posted, or just to vent, PM me. I should be around for a few hours at least.

America: The Good Neighbor.

Widespread but only partial news coverage was given recently to a remarkable editorial broadcast from Toronto by Gordon Sinclair, a Canadian television commentator. What follows is the full text of his trenchant remarks as printed in the Congressional Record:

"This Canadian thinks it is time to speak up for the Americans as the most generous and possibly the least appreciated people on all the earth. Germany, Japan and, to a lesser extent, Britain and Italy were lifted out of the debris of war by the Americans who poured in billions of dollars and forgave other billions in debts. None of these countries is today paying even the interest on its remaining debts to the United States. When France was in danger of collapsing in 1956, it was the Americans who propped it up, and their reward was to be insulted and swindled on the streets of Paris. I was there. I saw it. When earthquakes hit distant cities, it is the United States that hurries in to help. This spring, 59 American communities were flattened by tornadoes. Nobody helped. The Marshall Plan and the Truman Policy pumped billions of dollars into discouraged countries. Now newspapers in those countries are writing about the decadent, warmongering Americans. I'd like to see just one of those countries that is gloating over the erosion of the United States dollar build its own airplane. Does any other country in the world have a plane to equal the Boeing Jumbo Jet, the Lockheed Tri-Star, or the Douglas DC10? If so, why don't they fly them? Why do all the International lines except Russia fly American planes? Why does no other land on earth even consider putting a man or woman on the moon? You talk about Japanese technocracy, and you get radios. You talk about German technocracy, and you get automobiles. You talk about American technocracy, and you find men on the moon - not once, but several times - and safely home again. You talk about scandals, and the Americans put theirs right in the store window for everybody to look at. Even their draft-dodgers are not pursued and hounded. They are here on our streets, and most of them, unless they are breaking Canadian laws, are getting American dollars from ma and pa at home to spend here. When the railways of France, Germany and India were breaking down through age, it was the Americans who rebuilt them. When the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central went broke, nobody loaned them an old caboose. Both are still broke. I can name you 5000 times when the Americans raced to the help of other people in trouble. Can you name me even one time when someone else raced to the Americans in trouble? I don't think there was outside help even during the San Francisco earthquake. Our neighbors have faced it alone, and I'm one Canadian who is damned tired of hearing them get kicked around. They will come out of this thing with their flag high. And when they do, they are entitled to thumb their nose at the lands that are gloating over their present troubles. I hope Canada is not one of those."

Stand proud, America!

The first time I had heard what had happened, we were boarding the 'D' Bus which had come to pick us up from our bus. Two of the students had borrowed our driver's radio and were broadcasting the news to everyone. And even then, the full extent of the incident hadn't occured.

I think it was about homeroom, after third period, around ten-thirty when word truely reached my school in the Bronx. After that, chaos. Students crying in the hallways, teachers trying to maintain normal class, never actually succeeding. I myself had an aunt who, at the time, I believed only worked in the area. Later that day, I found out she worked in the 35th floor of the South Tower of the World Trade Center. My family was lucky. She was running late for work and therefore never made it to the Towers. I don't want to imagine what it would be like if she did.

At some point, all of the teachers, except for a handful had given up on teaching us. We went from class to class, listening to updates on our situation through the PA system, watching televisions or listening to radios if our classes had them. Cell phones would ring in the middle of periods. No one cared if we were late or walked out in the middle of class. Even my AP US History teacher, the hardest teacher in the school, just sat in his chair, listening. It was so frightening.

Then came the worst part. They were blocking all traffic into Manhattan. I go to the Bronx High School of Science and our students come from not only the Bronx, but Queens, Brooklyn, and Manhattan too. Not allowing traffic in Manhattan meant I couldn't get home.

Again, I was fortunate. Even though my school was organizing dinner and if needed, sleeping arrangements, for those who couldn't get home, my mother's friend in upstate NY agreed to come and allow three of my friends and I to spend the night at his house. Were we ever grateful not to have to stay at our school to who knows what hour. His family was nice and provided us with everything we'd need to have a comfortable night.

We made it home today. To Manhattan, to our families, who were all alright, thank God. To see a huge cloud of smoke in place of where the Twin Towers once stood. I can't believe that yesterday morning, everything seemed perfect. It seemed like the only thing I had to worry about was being late to school. It's scary how fast life can change in an instant. I'll never forget anything that's happened yesterday. I'm sure no one will.

My condolenses and sympathies to everyone who suffered in this tradedy. I wish the best to everyone.

-Jen

Needless to say, any posting went out the window, as I watched the events unfold. I can only express my deepest condolences all of you in the States.

Just to let you know, we've had 47 planes land at our small airport in Halifax, and the city is sheltering almost 9,000 travellers here. Everybody is pitching in donating blood and helping at the shelters. I volunteered for the Red Cross at one shelter today helping people on a flight from Greece who had only bee taken off their plane early this morning. They had been on the plane for over 14 hours, and many of them were elderly. We got them sqaured away, and many of them have been taken in by members of the Greek community here. I guess it's a really tightly-knit community.

Anyway, they probably won't be on their way for at least another day. I've got to catch some zzzz's, and hope to be able to post on here later under more auspicious circumstances, and get to know some of you.

Cheers.

Julia

i'd like to speak on behalf of the Asian Invasion Thread and say our prayers and thoughts are with the victims of this senseless tragedy. We grieve for the victims in NYC, Washington DC, Pennsylvania, and the passengers in the 4 airliners that perished yesterday.

Sept. 11, 2001 -- another day that I fear will live in infamy.
We Find Strength In Each Other.

I'm shocked!!! It's so unreal! I never could imagine that happened!

My condolences for all Americans.

MAGO CLOW

god bless and you all!

I know I speak for all of my Cliffie family when I say we all are thinking of those lost in this tragedy...and hope that days of peace and happiness are ahead for the United States and the rest of the free world.

DAMN THOSE MURDERERS!!!

If they only knew the pain they cause to others!

GOD HELP AMERICAN FIND AND KILL THOSE RESPONSIBLE!!!

Super-G

WHERE IS MAX'S HEALING POWER AND SUPERMAN WHEN YOU NEED THEM???

I am still waiting to hear from a friend about her dad and where his airplane landed. And I am waiting to hear from a friend who lives in NYC.

For any Candians who wish to donate blood, please contact 1-888-2-DONATE and http://www.bloodservices.ca to find out where you can donate. Please keep in mind not to contact your local blood donation services for they will be inendated with blood. If you can get through ask about making an appointment so maybe you can avoid the line-ups. Myself personally cannot give blood due to medical reasons, but I am asking all who can to give blood. It's what's in you and you can help save a life.

M

Just to let you know, we've had 47 planes land at our small airport in Halifax, and the city is sheltering almost 9,000 travellers here. Everybody is pitching in donating blood and helping at the shelters. I volunteered for the Red Cross at one shelter today helping people on a flight from Greece who had only been taken off their plane early this morning.

Thank you, and thank all of you who have been helping. Even a kind word, even to those of us miles from any danger, is welcome.

Buffyangelfan04 I just read your message and I cannot express how sad I am for you and your family, please give your sister, Mum and other family, hugs and tell them that your friends the world over on Fan Forum are crying and thinking of them too.

I just want to check in, say I'm okay. I live in NC and was not physically affected by what happened in NYC and DC, but I was getting ready for my graveyard shift last night and my sister called to tell me the news. I had been asleep all day yesterday and didn't know what had happened. Needless to say, I was shocked beyond belief. I watched that plane go into the WTC and couldn't believe my eyes! It was just too surreal. I was crying, I just couldn't believe that someone would do this to us. When you hurt one part of America, you hurt us all and, as we saw after Pearl Harbor, it just pisses us off.

Whoever did this, will not break us, we will only become stronger through this.

BuffyAngelFan
I want to send my deepest condolences. You're in my prayers, honey.

Also, I'm a nurse and just want to encourage everyone to give blood, money, whatever you can. The hospital I work at is on alert to send nurses and doctors if needed.

Praying for everyone. May we all have the fortitude to get through this tragedy.

Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always and by all means. II Thessalonians 3:36

Sorry for the long post.
Katy

Condolences and prayers go out to those directly affected by the tragedy. Words, I understand, can never be enough to express the horror and grief you must be feeling.

Our prayers and thoughts are with you.

Behrsgal4evar: Condolences on your loss.

Please pray also for sidera, who is in the hospital, recuperating from injusries incurred from being in the vicinity while it happened.

Hugs from the Philippines
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I'm fine and everyone I know to this point I am pretty sure are all fine as well.

I heard today 6 people were saved from what was left of the towers.That is something to be thankful for.

I am upset and incredibly sickened by this turn of events.However I feel we have no right to hate despite this.In fact I pray for the individuals souls who have thought this a triumph.

I extend my best wishes and prayers to anyone who was effected by this tragedy.

Pray,and give blood if you can.Come together and we'll be all the stronger for it.

This country is FAR from perfect,but our spirits will not be crushed.We can endure,we can overcome.

~ Leslie

BuffyAngelFan and everyone else who has lost loved ones, my prayers are with you & your families.

And all of you posting here, you make me feel proud to be a Roswell fan. We showed everyone how much we care by giving thousands to the Pediatric Foundation, and now your support and condolences from all over the world are incredible. President George Bush quoted the Psalm: Though I walk through the valley of the Shadow of Death, I will not fear thou art with me..." and we are not alone. -HH

Originally posted by Lightstar Angel, on Check-In #1:
I am equally disgusted by how some of the Palestinians could be happy about this tragedy as well, but I have a sort of different perspective on this because I'm half Palestinian and my father is Palestinian and well as his family back home. Back home, his family is in shock & horror over what happened here in NY.

I do not condone what those people are doing by celebrating, but I would like to urge everyone NOT to point fingers at a whole population of people and not to let the anger overtake you. Every culture has good people and bad people. We have bad Americans and good Americans. So does Palestine and all other countries. So please do not point fingers until we have actual proof of who did this.

Hate is what caused this attack and we cannot let hate continue to grow. My thoughts and prayers are with the people of NYC, DC, PA & the families of the victims of the hijacked planes.

You see? Palestinians are just like aliens, or any other kind of people: some good, some bad. FBI Agent Pierce needed to learn this... perhaps you just did.

Edited to add: did I hear DocPaul hadn't been heard from for a while? Was she working as a rescuer, or is she a possible casualty? I hadn't seen a post from her for months, so I don't know what threads she has been on lately...

Yes, but I nonetheless will support President Bush and UN's decision to treat countries harbouring these people just as if they had committeed the act themselves.

May God bless us all

Part of me wants to see the biggest (non-nuclear) bomb dropped on Ossama Bin Ladin's head. But then I would rather that he would live to have a true change of heart, and that cannot happen if he is dead.

quote:orginally posted on the last thread:
...so please don't forget a word of prayer for the firefighters, police, medics, steel workers, ems, and doctors and medical personal, fema searchers currently putting their lives in danger trying to save anyone still alive. people like, docpaul who hasn't been heard from in over 24 hours, and other members of the first response medical teams who are out there.Has anyone heard from Docpaul who so patiently answered us on the psychology-of-Roswell threads?

Another message board for posting and receiving information on the tragedy is the Disaster Message Service

just wanted to post this scripture i turned to when i was going through my Bible.

"And I am convinced that nothing can ever seperate us from his love. Death can't and life can't. The angels can't and the demons can't. Our fears for today, our worries about tomorrow, and even the powers of hell can't keep God's love away. Whether we are high above the sky, or in the deepest ocean, nothing will ever be able to separate us from the love of God..." --Romans 8:38-39 (NLT)

God bless you all and may He keep you all safe

"And I am convinced that nothing can ever seperate us from his love. Death can't and life can't. The angels can't and the demons can't. Our fears for today, our worries about tomorrow, and even the powers of hell can't keep God's love away. Whether we are high above the sky, or in the deepest ocean, nothing will ever be able to separate us from the love of God..." --Romans 8:38-39 (NLT)

God bless you all and may He keep you all safe

Originally posted by Melodious1:

My contribution in memorium to the horrible events of Sept. 11.

May God bless us all, and may God give us the patience to stand together as one indivisable and good.

That was really beautiful!!!
My condolences !!

i cant say anymore im to upset sorry
im sure the uk will help if there is a war

I LOVE YOU ALL

BuffyAngelFan- My condolences and prayers are with you and your family.

Hope this helps

BAfan: I'm so very sorry to hear about your terrible loss. Words are inadequate to express how much but you and your family are in many peoples thoughts and prayers tonight.

Healersbabe - that fanart pretty much sums up the steadfast determination and resolve of the people of this country to stand fast and not be beaten by the yesterday's events.

Again, Thanks to all for your continued efforts in supporting one another in what has been to say the least a trying couple of days.

You see? Palestinians are just like aliens, or any other kind of people: some good, some bad. FBI Agent Pierce needed to learn this... perhaps you just did.

[B]

I never thought that there were other people that were capable of this.I mean I had heard stories of other situations and so on,but never had it really sunk in until now.

Some people are good and some people for lack of a better word are evil.

I wish it didn't have to be that way.

I John 5:19 - We know we originate with God, but the whole world is lying in the power of the wicked one.

Also,

Ecclesiastes 9:11 - I returned to see under the sun that the swift do not have the race, nor the mighty ones the battle, nor do the understanding ones also have the riches, nor do even those having knowledge have the favor, because time and unforseen occurrence befall them all.

I hope these scriptures help everyone in this time.

It's always darkest before the dawn.

And, Vil... in my opinion, God isn't the one to cause this. He's the one to take care of those who lost their lives and take them to heaven, and to support everyone. Thinking that really helps.

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I’m still sitting here shell-shocked after this horrible day and can’t shake the feeling that there must be something we can do. I mean, look at what Roswell fans have accomplished in the past – when we band together, it seems that we can do so much. So, I’ve been trying to come up with some kind of plan that we can all work on together and I had a thought. Follow me, if you will.

Think about all the money we have spent, as Roswell fans, over the past two years. Not only the money that we’ve given to charity, which I believe totals around $125,000 and up – but all the money we’ve spent on fun Roswell paraphernalia and products that we just had to have – parties we’ve attended – etc. If we sent even a small percentage of that money to the Red Cross – think of the good they could do with it.

So, I’ve come up with a challenge for all Roswell fans who wish to and are capable of participating in:

Think back to the beginning of your time as a Roswell fan. Think about all the items you’ve bought as a fan. Think about the parties you’ve attended and what you paid to attend those parties. Think about the money you’ve spent on Tabasco for campaigns and the money you sent in to various other campaigns over the past two years. If you want to go so far as to add up the cost of your internet service to visit Crashdown and Fan Forum or your cable/satellite service that you pay for in order to watch the show – go ahead and add that in.

Now – add all this up and take 5% of that total. Write a check and call your local chapter of the American Red Cross and find out where to send that check. (While you’ve got them on the phone, find out where to go give blood at the same time.)

I know a lot of people are looking at that 5% and thinking it’s not much, but when you add it all up – trust me, you will realize how much it really is. And with as many fans as we have here – every little bit that you can send will help tremendously. But if you don’t think 5% is enough – by all means – send more!

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Here’s an idea of what 5% will mean – based on my own financial records and what I’ve spent (some of these are estimates, as I can’t remember exact prices):

$35 1st Roswellian Gathering in LA
$150 Donation for Variety ad (Year 1 campaign)
$40 Tabasco for Year 1 campaign
$30 Season Finale party in LA
$60 1st Annual Crashdown Party
$60 Valentine Dinner
$600 Flights to New York and Toronto for Season Premieres
$60 New York Premiere Party
$65 2nd Annual Roswellian Gathering in LA
$60 Rosquilters Dinner in LA
$70 Tabasco for Year 2 campaign
$50 Thank You UPN – PCF campaign
$50 Amazon Fan Forum donation
$300 Flights to New York for Season Finale
$60 New York Finale Party
$40 Yearbooks – Season 1 & 2
$250 Various Roswell paraphernalia – books, posters, etc.
$50 Estimate for postage spent on various campaigns
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$2030

5% of that total is $101.50
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I've obviously travelled quite a bit, so my total is pretty high - yours will probably be less, but still helpful. And if it is too high for you to think of it this way - that's fine too! If you can’t send 5% of your total - send 1%. If you can’t send 1% - send $1! Send anything! This is just a guideline - an idea - if you want to think of it “Roswell” terms.

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Here’s the important information:

Red Cross
1-800-GIVE HOPE (blood donors)
1-800-HELP NOW (monetary donations)
www.redcross.org
http://www.helping.org/promos/cs_wtc.adp

Red Cross donation form http://www.guidestar.org/partners/helping/index_ext.jsp?npoId=193856

National Organization for Victim Assistance donation form http://www.guidestar.org/partners/helping/index_ext.jsp?npoId=357764

Just thought I would pass this along.

Does this mean what I think it does?

Towers compacting like paper accordions
Screams of humanity wedged between them
Disbelief surrounds the stage
Tears of grief, Tears of rage
Performance of terror bows for recognition
In front of world audiences of condemnation
Blood stained paper flowers coat the floor
Flowers of Humanity stand no more
Lying beneath the stage of world confusion
Dying beneath a sick demonstration
May the spirits of those now deceased
Soar above our earthly boundaries
May God comfort all those who grieve
And touch the hearts of the misguided.

From an Australian Friend, I also grieve for your loss. It is a loss to the world.

@BuffyAngelFan04 and others.
My deepest condolences from here Hessia/Germany.

Our churches are filled with people praying, silently weeping or bursting into tears. Germany mourns with you..

Finally after 2 days, I feel able to cry too. Too many thoughts crossed my mind, I was paralysed through shock and disbelieve.

Last night my husband and I followed an old tradition, we light a candle in the window for the victims and their families. A small gesture of hope and compassion in this dark hour.
I think also of the numberless firefighters, policewomen/men and other helpers still risking their lifes to rescue victims. Those are the heroes.

Here's another way to help.

DeeinKS posted this information on the Brendan Fehr board, and I'm bringing it back over here.

There are currently about 1200 American soldiers stationed in the Gulf. They often receive minimal mail from the States, and love receiving letters in their tough conditions. The "Any Soldier" program began during the Gulf War and is still in effect. The address is

Any Soldier
Task Force Centurion
Intrinsic Action 01-03
APO AE 09302

Also, type "Any Soldier" in to a search engine to find other troops to write to. The above address is for just one group of soldiers out of many on active duty around the world.

Roswellians are excellent at writing letters. Maybe you could write just one to brighten a soldier's day?

My condolences go out to those families who suffered enormous losses of loved ones. You are all in my thoughts and continous prayers.

Thank God for another day!

Love you all.

Kyrie

And remember to thank God that you made it through this and have the gift of seeing another sunrise.

I haven't posted in a while but I just wanted to stop in and say that I am OK. I live in Maryland but I work right up the street from the Pentagon. We are about 5 to 10 minutes up the road. If the plane had missed the Pentagon, It could have came up to where I work and took us out.
Anyone on this website that has lost family or friends, I just want to extend my deepest sympathy. This is a serious tragedy and I my heart goes out to everyone. Everyone just be strong and keep each other in your prays.

My Love to all
Sheredia

~Diz~

-Jen

I posted a larger post on the candy thread. And hopefully I will be going home in a few days or so, but this looks like a long haul.

I am sorry for those who suffered loss, so incredibly sorry, and we will try to find your love ones.

I also ask that you spread this though to all the shipper groups across the boards.....I know we love the characters or actors that we support on theses boards, but please do not make banners and fanart depiciting your shipper groups sorrow over this using these fictional characters. It is exploitive of the dead, of the tragedy, even if it doesn't look or even meant to be so. None of our favorite characters can give blood, or carry the dead home. So perhaps this is not the time or way to prove to the larger community how "chemistry" filled your couple or character is.

These were REAL people who deserve to be mourned by REAL people. A single candle burning says so much......in it's singularity, and it's guiding path to bring our beloved dead home.

I can say no more, because the horror of these events are too great to behold. Just be good to each other, and teach your children not to hate, and please give blood, especially if you are types O negative or positive.

Doc

The whole world is in shock and that's not just something you read or you hear on tv, you can actually FEEL it. I can't hardly think of anything else. It's there when I go to sleep and it's right there again when I wake up. There are some seconds every day where I feel like "Wait a minute, it was all a dream!" but then I just need one look at the tv, turn on the radio, look at the newspapers or see the people around me ... and it hits me again. This is reality!

And know they found out that 3 (or more?) of those terrorists actually lived in Hamburg (I live very close)...
I'm still in denial, my brain does not really want to accept that fact :-(.

God, why did this have to happen? What if this was only the tip of the iceberg? What if there are more attacks to come? And what if there's war ahead of us?!
I am so scared, that I don't even feel afraid. Am I making sense? It's like I'm numb inside or I'm dreamwalking. It's really like I said ... my brain is sort of denying all these facts. I know that all of this is really happening, but still it's like in a bad dream.

Gee, I better stop here. I'm sorry this was so long, but I really needed to get this out of my system.

GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!

I'm from Holland and since tuesday 4 oçlock local time, the tv hasn't been off. I never felt so bad watching the news. How could this happen? What is happening to the world??

I'm so deeply concered about everyone I don't even know. I want to wish everyone in America and all over the world the best luck. hang in there everyone!

God bless ou all.

Lots of love aafje

BuffyAngelFan- my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family

I can't believe the things that have been happening in these 3 days I still can't believe it because it just seems like a horrible dream I can't even begin to imagine everything that has happened all the lives that have been lost. My heart goes out to the everyone out there I know that we will overcome this.

I’m not one of the unfortunate many who have met great loss, as I live in Toronto, Ontario, and those who I know in America are all, thankfully, safe. But, I cannot stop thinking about the sheer cruelty and evil that people are capable of. While I can almost deal with some adult Palestinians rejoicing in the horror America has experienced, I can’t come to grips with the images of children celebrating their victory. I know the children probably don’t fully grasp the enormity of what’s happened, but fact that they have been taught to hate at such a young age ... it cripples me.

If that weren’t the worst, I then see images of destruction – of what hate really can do to a nation, indeed a world.

I’m a girl who prides herself on not crying often, and yet lately, the one constant in my life is a good sob. So many thousands of people died in abject terror. Knowing, as well, that these people weren’t just numbers or statistics on the current death toll – that they were...are...loved and survived by mothers and father, daughters and sons, families and friends who are still trying to come to grips with others' hatred, makes it even more tragic and so utterly needless.

At the same time, however, I’m overcome by, not only America’s, but also the world’s unity, determination, strength and sense of survival. It’s amazing to see how such tragedy can yet produce such monumental courage, and unwavering, steadfast resolve. My heart and best wishes go out to everyone everywhere – especially those who have experienced too acutely the acts of hatred. I hope that even those around the world, even those who have not lost any loved ones, are able to find compassion in their hearts and peace in their minds.

(Incidentally, I've never seen lines so long to donate blood. It's overwhelming, really, what a world can accomplish in the name of humanity. It makes it almost possible to imagine a world without violence...)

"...God Bless America are home sweet home..."

~Jennifer~

~ ~ This is war between Good (us) & Evil ~ ~
* Please donate blood (type "0" we need lots) or money to help kids whos daddys & mommys will not be coming back home, and who now have no one to call mom or dad!! *

ROSWELL_MK: I think that article is saying the truth, we have defended Israel,France, Germany, India & about all the states that were in need and now look at us being hated by people we never really had nothing to do with. But I hope this opens eyes to the world that we helped you now its your turn to help us! It may seem that we didn't do much but we did it with our hearts so please HELP US!

Anyway. Yesterday, today, and on Friday and Monday he's collecting money to donate to Red Cross in 9th period. He's collected over 500 dollars so far I think(probably more, except some got stolen from him...morons). I gave the change I had in my pockets and tomorrow I'm going to bring in a twenty and some change to give him. I might ask my mom to make a donation too.

My deepest sympathy to the victims, their family, friends, and all who have been touched by this tragedy.

I would just like to say I never knew what it meant to be an American until now....

I agree its so eerie its not even funny.

Again - my thoughts are with you all.

~Andrea~

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"In the year of the new century and nine months,
From the sky will come a great King of Terror...
The sky will burn at forty-five degrees.
Fire approaches the great new city...
In the city of york there will be a great collapse,
2 twin brothers torn apart by chaos while the fortress falls the great
leader will succumb
The third big war will begin when the big city is burning"
- NOSTRADAMUS 1654

He said this will be bigger than the previous two.
2001 is the first year of the new century and this is the 9th month.
New York is located at the 41st degree Latitude.

<<A united stand by Americans:
Friday Night at 7:00 p.m. step out your door, stop your car, or step out of
your establishment and light a candle. We will show the world that Americans
are strong and united together against terrorism. Please pass this to
everyone on your e-mail list. We need to reach everyone across the United
States quickly. The message:
WE STAND UNITED - WE WILL NOT TOLERATE TERRORISM!

Thank you.

We need press to cover this - we need the world to see.>>

I agree its so eerie its not even funny.

Again - my thoughts are with you all.

~Andrea~

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"In the year of the new century and nine months,
From the sky will come a great King of Terror...
The sky will burn at forty-five degrees.
Fire approaches the great new city...
In the city of york there will be a great collapse,
2 twin brothers torn apart by chaos while the fortress falls the great
leader will succumb
The third big war will begin when the big city is burning"
- NOSTRADAMUS 1654

He said this will be bigger than the previous two.
2001 is the first year of the new century and this is the 9th month.
New York is located at the 41st degree Latitude.

Except that it isn't Nostradamus, really.

Bits and pieces are culled from several of his Quatrains, mixed in with a healthy dose of a bogus Quatrain written in like 1997.

Here's the result of my research:

quote:This appears to be a combination of

Century 10, Quatrain 72

In the year 1999 and seven months
The Great King of Terror will come from the sky,
He will bring back to life the great king of the Mongols.
Before and after Mars [the God of war] reigns happily.

Century 6, Quatrain 97

The sky will burn at forty-five degrees latitude ("degrees latitude" is literally "steps"),
Fire approaches the great new city
Immediately a huge, scattered flame leaps up
When they want to have verification from the Normans [French].

And a bogus Quatrain by a man named Neil Marshal
(http://www.ed.brocku.ca/~nmarshal/nostradamus.htm):
In the City of God there will be a great thunder,
Two brothers torn apart by Chaos,
while the fortress endures, the great leader will succumb

I can't find any verification of a source for:

In the city of york there will be a great collapse,

or

Third big war will begin when the big city is burning.

It was all over the radio, tv, newspapers, as I imagine it was in the whole world.

I just hope you'll be able to rebuild those towers and tell the world: "Here we are again, we are not that easy!"

Misha

Not sure about the candle lighting thing.

Maybe that was 7 pst and 10 est?

Things are chaotic and still shut down here...because of the threats that our city hall has been receiving. and the fact that we were on some sort of hit list that those monsters created.

For everyone that has lost or has a missing loved one, or who was directly affected by the events i am truly deeply sorry. words cant express all the hurt and anger and sadnedd we feel for your loss. please stand tall and keep your heads and thoughts positive. we will prevail!

My friend Jeff at work told me today that he lost a close friend of his along with his friend's girlfriend, both of whom worked at the WTC, he didn't know how he'd get through work today. He had the awful task of calling the girlfriend's family to break the news.

I just want you all to know you're not alone, our hearts hurt for you, for ourselves because we have lots of family and friends who also worked at the WTC and my prayers are with you

God bless you all.

I've been in daze since the 11th. My school is 2 blocks from the capital building and it was very scary walking out at the end of the day to see armed guards down the street because the capital didn't close.

Everything is as good as it can be now. Me and and a bunch of my friends were going to donate blood but i can't cuz i haven't had my tatoo for a year yet. That made me feel kind of bad. But i know there are other ways to help out.

Things like this happen
They happen eveyday
Just no one ever thought it
would happen in the great U.S. of A.
We thought we were invincible
We thought we'd make them pay
But as it all unfolded we all
started to pray
We prayed for the injured
We prayed for the victims
But most of all the people who risked
their lives to saved them.

My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone

Of all times to cry...I'll stop by later.

"But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed."
2 Corinthians 4:7-8

The only war would be one with terrorist all over the U.S. as opposed to nation vs. nation if that helps ease any of your concerns (I know; it really isn't a comfort but I felt I had to make the distinction).

Osama Bin Laden - if it was him - is not a nationalist. Meaning, he employs terrorists all over the world like corporatations use franchises. They are in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Lebanon, etc... But they are not actually terrorists fihting in the name Afghanistan, Lebanon, etc. They just train and live there. Does this make sense?

The only way a great war would happen is if one of these countries used a nuclear weapon - Like Pakistan - On another country - A NATO country and the U.S. rushed in to help them and perhaps Russia or China rushed in to back Pakistan (for some arbitrary reason that I can't think of right now) - Or something along those lines.

I don't want to make light of what happened, but hopefully this will put some minds at ease because right now this is NOT a nation vs. nation "war" - It is the U.S. vs. an organization of Islamic extremists supposedly and will remain a "tight engagement" unless something major happens like I described above that will make it a global theater-wide engagement.

I finally reached my exit and as my car descended the ramp the radio station I was listening to announced that the World Trade Center had just been hit by a plane. I was stunned. Sure that it must be a hoax, I turned the channel, only to find that it was horrifically true. I pulled into the drive at work, got out of my car and walked inside wondering if anybody else at the office knew yet. I wondered, too, if the families of the men and women in the WTC even knew yet.

By 8:20 a.m. the television was on in the office. Already we had witnessed with utter disbelief as a second plane crashed into the second tower. As the situation progressed, news traveled by word of mouth, not only here, but around the country. Friends and relatives began calling, checking on each other and making sure that travelers were on the ground somewhere and safe. In a matter of hours, people from all over the United States were immersed in a crisis that touched individuals and drew them together in a common state of shock, horror and fear.

It’s funny how many things come into perspective, and the way one’s mind begins to retrace it’s steps from the morning of such a disaster…where you were when you first heard about the tragedy…your first thoughts when you saw the footage…and of your loved ones. I found myself thinking about that elderly gentleman in front of me on the highway. I’ll bet he sat down for breakfast with his wife that morning, probably took the time to visit with her and kiss her goodbye before he left that morning, maybe he even knew what she was wearing when he left. How else could someone be so calm and at ease with the world? Perhaps he didn’t do any of those things, all I know is that I didn’t. I never saw my husband leave, couldn’t have told you what he was wearing or the last words he said to me when he leaned down to kiss me before he left for work.

On Tuesday morning families all over New York got out of bed and raced into the day…never thinking about taking the time to hug their kids, return that phone call from their mother the night before, or tell their spouse they love them before hailing a cab or jumping aboard the subway. On Tuesday morning, working American’s all over the U.S. wandered into work and grabbed a cup of coffee, saying a half-hearted “good-morning” to co-workers on their way to their computer screens and ringing phones. It started out as just another day. Only it wasn’t. No one in New York or Washington D.C. will be able to get the smell of cinder and ash out of their memories, nor will they ever be able to look at post cards of the New York skyline or the Pentagon without their heart aching. And for many days to come, I doubt any of them, or any of the friends and family members of passengers of the hijacked planes, will forget to hug their loved ones before they leave their homes.

We don’t know when or where tragedy will strike, but it will affect us all. Not because we live in the same country. Not because we are all the same race or religion or group. We will be affected because we are people who live in a very small world. We know within seconds what is going on a next door and thousands of miles from us. Somehow, those few seconds make everything that happens feel like it’s in our own backyard.

Before you leave tomorrow, make sure you hug your kids. Tell your spouse you love them. Stop and speak to your co-workers and actually hear their responses. Be patient with the people you encounter on your way through the day. Do the simple things you’ve been putting off. When you get home at night, don’t fret about all the things that need to be fixed, just be glad you have a place to call your own with walls and doors and a safe place to lay your head. You never know what will happen tomorrow, so make the most of each ‘today’ as it comes.

~ M.Snively

It was all over the radio, tv, newspapers, as I imagine it was in the whole world.

I just hope you'll be able to rebuild those towers and tell the world: "Here we are again, we are not that easy!"

Misha

My cousin was born in Guatemala but had recently moved to NY. She was one of the victims who got hurt by a piece something.

~Jennifer~

Some people are good and some people for lack of a better word are evil.

I wish it didn't have to be that way.

Amen. It's been that way for some time, though...
On prejudice:

It is now no more that tolerance is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people, that another enjoyed the exercise of their inherent natural rights; for happily, the government of the United States, which gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance, requires only that they who live under its protection should demean themselves as good citizens, in giving it on all occasions their effectual support.

George Washington, first President of the USA
to the Hebrew Congregation of Newport, Rhode Island

It's tough reading; it was meant to be spoken. But it's profound, and still true.

Although NO physical attachments, alot of emotional ties..I am origainally from New York..
However I am connected to this in a strange and twisted way...I am from Florida and live down the road from one of the Hijackers...I overwhelmed at the fact that some one this evil lived soo close...

My heart goes out to those who have love friends and loved ones over these Acts of Terrorism...

I've been in daze since the 11th. My school is 2 blocks from the capital building and it was very scary walking out at the end of the day to see armed guards down the street because the capital didn't close.

Everything is as good as it can be now. Me and and a bunch of my friends were going to donate blood but i can't cuz i haven't had my tatoo for a year yet. That made me feel kind of bad. But i know there are other ways to help out.

Things like this happen
They happen eveyday
Just no one ever thought it
would happen in the great U.S. of A.
We thought we were invincible
We thought we'd make them pay
But as it all unfolded we all
started to pray
We prayed for the injured
We prayed for the victims
But most of all the people who risked
their lives to saved them.

My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone

this poem is beautiful. take care.

~misty

God bless the U.S.A.

Everyone here is still shocked and shaken by what's happened. My sister came home from a trip to Dc, finishing in New York on Monday. She visited the WTC on Friday. If it wasn't from her graduation she wasn't going to come home, got an early flight. I'm so grateful. I can't think of what might have happened, where she might have been.

My prayers and symapthy go out to everyone.

This is just so scary.. I actually consider myself pretty de-sensified from most violent things.. but when I woke up to this.. my whole body just got really cold and shivery and there was a pit in my stomache..

watching crying children covered in soot amidst all the havoc really got to me the most.. such innocent little faces don't deserve this.. NOBODY DESERVES THIS.

United we will Stand

God bless and keep safe.

Love always,
Cecilia

3 Australians have died in the WTC and 58 are still missing. The reponse here in Australia has been utter disbelief and sadness. I was walking through the shops yesterday and it was so quiet. Peoples faces were motionless, everybody seemed to have one thing on their mind. I just don't know what to say, words fail.

The world will never be the same again! My sincerest best wishes to all of you, my prayers, my heart is with you.

And my message out from today:

Let me start off by saying that I am no where near as computer/internet savy as Maeve is... some of the things I see her do amazes me (and it took me almost an hour to post to 5 internet lists and 16 private people last night). I'm now going through her bookmarks to see if theres anyone I missed.

I spoke with Mae tonight and she is still safe. She ended up leaving the WTC site earlier than she would have liked today due to the fact her search partner (a NYC fireman) fell and injured himself. Roscoe, one of the pilots for the helicopters, insisted that she leave with Thom (the fireman) due to the fact she was exhausted. That still didn't stop her. After reaching the hospital, she continued to work there in any capicity needed. That's my baby... always stepping in where needed.

Again, my daughter, wife and I, thank you for all the kind, encouraging emails that we have recieved from everyone. Maeve spoke earlier of weakness and strength, and she contributed the great amounts of strength she's been able to call upon as the wonderful thoughts and prayers that she can feel, even in the destructive area of Manhattan.

Thank you, and God bless America.

Quinn MacDermod
QMacDermod@cs.com

Thank you,Mr.MacDermod.With friends like your wife and yourself,we are blessed indeed. Kate

As the days have gone by, I wonder if I will ever feel like I did before. I wonder how all the little, petty thoughts I had when I woke up on the morning of September 11, 2001 could ever have been important. I know that I am thousands of miles away, and am not feeling anything near what New Yorkers are feeling, but I am speechless and numb, just the same. My prayers and love go out to all the victims and their families. I wish all the heroes of the fire departments, police departments, and other rescuers all the luck that could ever exist. We will all stay strong for you and never give up.

My wife and I are also new citizens of America. Our daughter is a natural citizen, as she was born here. It was our wish to have her be a true part of the land of the free and the home of the brave, if that is not true now, it will never be.

God Bless the Americans

Quinn

I live about a mile from the Pentagon. I was lying on my couch with my daughter on Tuesday morning when my sister came flying in the door telling me to turn on the TV (it was about 9:15am). When the Pentagon was hit I didn't know what to think, was this a war? I'm sure a lot of you did.

About 10 to 15 minutes after the Pentagon got hit my Dad was in the area & was stopping by. There was a loud boom - I was in my bedroom and my house slightly shook, my perfume fell over on my dresser. Even my Dad heard it. I think they were jets coming from Andrews Airforce Base.

It's good that people can come together & pray and mourn together, as a nation. I'll never look at an American Flag the same. I pray that there are thousands of miracles beneath the rubble at the WTC site.

I've been to NYC twice this year and had a trip planned in October. A friend of my sister's had a 10:30am meeting in Building 2 - he missed his flight and was on the train when they heard the news. A friend of his was also on one of the planes. My cousin's co-worker was on the Dulles plane.

I drove by the Pentagon tonight after grocery shopping, the store is right across the highway from the Pentagon. Everything seemed to just go silent. It is just unbelievable, all of this is.

My thoughts & prayers are with all of you,

Cantbehrit

I pray for New York and all those whose Lives have been turned upside down. My heart hurts for those who won't see their Loved ones again.

God Bless America , The Home That I Love

MAY ALL THE LOST SOULS FIND THEIR WAY HOME

quote:

Cities Fall. But they are rebuilt. And heroes die. But they are remembered. We honor them with every brick we lay. Ever field we sow. With every child we comfort and teach to rejoice in what we have been regiven. Our [freedom]. Our home. So let us begin again.

This is from the preisdent's speech at the end of the 1998 film "Deep Impact" spoken by Morgan Freeman written by Bruce Joel Ruben & Michael Tolkin.

I substituted planet for freedom...

Because it's true.

Hope this helps and I hope if you are missing anyone they appear on these lists because it means they are ALIVE.

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/predict.htm

Claim: A 1654 Nostradamus prediction said World War III would begin with the fall of "two brothers," a reference to the destroyed World Trade Center towers.

Status: False.

Example: [Collected on the Internet, 2001]

"In the City of God there will be a great thunder,
Two brothers torn apart by Chaos,
while the fortress endures,
the great leader will succumb,
The third big war will begin when the big city is burning"

Nostradamus 1654

Origins: The turmoil of recent events has us all scrambling, some to look for solace and meaning, others for the terrorists responsible, and yet others for signs that what happened could have been prevented or at least foreseen. The 11 September 2001 attack on America destroyed not only the two World Trade Center towers in New York City, a chunk of the Pentagon in Washington, and caused untold loss of life, it also shook America's sense of invulnerability. No longer do Americans presume safety in an unsafe world.

For some, that realization is an eye-opener, unsettling but necessary, in that a child's blissful unawareness has been replaced (at great cost) with an adult's more clear-eyed view of the world and its sometimes horrifying ways. For others, it spells the beginning of the end, in that they equated an illusion of safety with its reality and thus now feel their world is ending. It is the fears of that second group that are given voice in the Nostradamus prediction circulated on the Internet even before the dust had settled in New York.

The French physician and astrologer Nostradamus (1503-1566) penned numerous quatrains populated by obscure imagery that the credulous have ever after attempted to fit to the events of their times. These predictions can often ring somewhat true in that the images employed are so general they can be found in almost every event of import, but by the same token, the prophecies are never a dead-on fit because the wordings are far too general. Not that this stops anyone from believing in them; our society's need for mysticism runs far too deep to ever allow for that.

Those looking for the certainty of a Nostradamus prophecy come true have been known to sledge hammer the results to force a fit by inventing fanciful translations from the original French, bend over backwards to assert one named term is really another, and (as in this case) outright fabricate part or all of the prediction.

Nostradamus did not write the quatrain now being attributed to him. (One wonders how a guy who died in 1566 could have written an item identified as being penned in 1654 anyway.) It originated with a student at Brock University in Canada in the 1990s, appearing on a web page essay on Nostradamus. That particular quatrain was offered by the page's author, Neil Marshall, as a fabricated example to illustrate how easily an important-sounding prophecy can be crafted through the use of abstract imagery. He pointed out how the terms he used were so deliberately vague they could be interpreted to fit any number of cataclysmic events.

It appears someone mistook Marshall's illustrative example for an actual Nostradamus prophecy and, not content to let well enough alone, added "The third big war will begin when the big city is burning." A fabrication was thus further fabricated.

But that wasn't the end of it. More fakery was piled on in later versions that now included all of the text quoted in the Example section above but now concluded with:

On the 11th day of the 9 month,
two metal birds will crash into two tall statues
in the new city,
and the world will end soon after.

Similarly, another enhanced version incorporates the "Example" text quoted above into a more detailed prophecy:

And Nostradamus predicted this (who knows how long ago):

In the year of the new century and nine months,
From the sky will come a great King of Terror.
The sky will burn at forty-five degrees.
Fire approaches the great new city

In the city of york there will be a great collapse,
2 twin brothers torn apart by chaos
while the fortress falls; the great leader will succumb;
third big war will begin when the big city is burning

This "prophecy" is bogus. The second quatrain is entirely made-up, and the first quatrain is composed of lines taken from two completely different prophecies of Nostradamus' linked together for effect (Lines referencing "Normans" and "Mongols" which have no plausible application to current events have been excised by whoever concatenated these two pieces.) The first two lines are from a verse which describes events that would supposedly have taken place in July of 1999 (not September of 2001) and has long since been associated with a wide variety of occurrences -- both real and fictional. (An excellent dissertation on this "prediction" can be found here.) The second two lines of the first quatrain are taken from what is often cited as a Nostradamus writing identified as Century 6, Quatrain 97:

Cinq et quarante degrez ciel bruslera
Feu approcher de la grand cité neuve
Instant grand flamme esparse sautera
Quand on voudra des Normans faire preuue.

An approximate English translation would be:

Five and forty steps the sky will burn
Fire approaching the large new city
Instantly a great thin flame will leap
When someone will want to test the Normans.

Even if this is a real prophecy of Nostradamus', it simply provides more evidence of how much shoehorning has to be performed to get one of these vague "predictions" to fit modern occurrences. It cites no date whatsoever. The line about a sky that "will burn at forty-five steps" is interpreted to refer to New York City, the "forty-five steps" being the Big Apple's latitude -- never mind that New York City is actually below the 41° latitude mark, and that several major North American cities (e.g., Boston, Milwaukee, Chicago, Minneapolis, Toronto, Montreal) are much closer to 45° latitude than Gotham. As well, New York (one of North America's oldest cities) is only "new" in the sense that its name contains the word "new" (a criterion which describes many other of the world's large cities, such as New Delhi), the flames resulting from the terrorist attack in New York were anything but "thin" (or "scattered"); and nobody has a clue what "Normans" (what we would call "Vikings" or "French") have to do with hijacked airliners crashing into American cities.

All in all, the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 is a much better fit for this one. So is the explosion resulting from the collision of the ships Mont Blanc and Imo in 1917, which killed thousands of people and destroyed much of Halifax -- a city just a few degrees shy of 45° latitude. To top it all off, this very same verse was widely cited five years ago as having "predicted" the mysterious crash of TWA Flight 800 in July 1996.

I know it's long but it needed to be posted so everyone would quit spreading it around.

By the way it came from the web address at the top of the post.

Hannah

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anaim dhílis.
May their souls rest on God's right hand.

My thoughts are with her and everyone at American.

There are tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands or more, of people who are praying for you. I know you will see your loved ones again. It hurts because they're not here, but they're watching over you from a better place, and they can't wait to see you again. God is watching over you--He's hurting with you--and He can help ease your grief.

Love,

Christie in Provo, UT

So at 7pm I lit the candle we used at our wedding, and took it outside. I was the only one there. But our house is on a corner, and there's a shopping center entrance across the street. So without any further thought, I walked to the corner - I didn't even stop to put on shoes - and stood there with my candle.

I attracted more people on my side of the road, of course, but I was stunned by how many people honked or waved as they went by. One man even rolled down his window to yell "God bless you" as he went by. And of those who didn't give any overt acknowledgment, I'd say about half of them at least turned to look - which I hope means I was able to touch them, even though they did not respond.

It was one of the most incredible experiences I've ever had, and it made me more conscious than ever of our hard-won sense of unity. I had meant to stay out only a minute -- I ended up staying for 15. I might have stayed longer, except that we're having friends over shortly, and I still needed to do some things around the house.

Other people who lit candles -- what were your experiences?

Lighting my candle for AMERICA

Other people who lit candles -- what were your experiences?

Hi ! Well I just barely lit ours because I couldn't find matches anywhere but made it in time. I have to say I just really felt goosebumps while listening to the people sing 'Amazing Grace' on tv and I also felt sort of guilty that I had been soo blessed as to not have lost anyone that I loved . I can just imagine how torn they must feel yet soo many together almost finding comfort in each other's shared pain. I am just hoping we won't have to loose that many more to fight with this "evil".

I also smile a lot at how this has in a way united all of us like nothing before--who would have thought the Russians, Germans, English and French would ever fight together alongside the United States. You can't help but be moved.

I still have my candles lit and I just pray all of our prayers help to atleast ease the pain of those who lost someone .

you all!!

I went outside my house at 7 PM to do my candlelight vigil. I looked around and no one was there except two of my neighbors who were going for their nightly walk.

I turned on my car stereo, played 'America the Beautiful' and lit my candle. I felt rather strange to be the only one doing it in my neighborhood but then I remembered all the people who lost their lives and that gave me focus. I wanted to say a prayer but found myself humming along to the lyrics of the song instead. The words expressed what was in my heart. After the song I ended, I felt very somber.

We also had a service at noon at our church but I couldn't make it, my mother went though.

My coworkers were all gathered listening to the radio and trying to see updates of this horrendous event on the internet. All day we went through the routine of work...but I couldn't focus. I kept listening to the updates on the radio and following the story on the internet. Tears flowed down my face all day. I couldn't explain my despair. I couldn't feel a thing except shock. I walked around the site as a zombie.

I was nervous thinking of all that still had not unfolded. I began to worry over my family...my husband. I didn't remember what I said to him or what he wore that morning. That night when we finally got home after numerous routine events were cancelled...we watched the footage. For the first time, I watched the events that transpired both at the WTC and the Pentagon. My sobs and gasps for air were just the start of what I witnessed. I was abjectly horrified at how evil mankind can be towards other INNOCENT humans. I have not been able to focus, to think, or to move in this world for 4 days without tears...without despair...without righteous anger.

A very dear friend of mine...a woman who left Lebanon over 20 years ago to escape such atrocities has been shellshocked and crying and unable to rest. I love this friend and only hope that she will find peace and hope and comfort in this country she loves so dear.

These atrocities only serve to fuel my belief that in spite of our weaknesses, we are human and have the freedom of choice. The choice to be good or to be evil. God will cradle those souls lost in his arms and give them peace...judgment will come to those who do harm and God's judgment will be just. My prayers go out to those who have lost loved ones in this tragedy. My house is lit full of candles and my heart wails in sympathy.

Your tears are not shed alone, may God rest their souls and carry the lost ones home.

Like all of you, I'm mourning the death of those who died in Tuesday's tragedy. I wanted to add my condolences to those who lost friends, neighbors, and loved ones.

I wanted to share something that happened to me today.
I teach 8th grade, and today after school I was walking to my car, when a group of girls passed by on the sidewalk. They were all wearing red, white, and blue and singing at the top of their lungs. It was a song I hadn't heard in a while... but when I heard the words, tears came to my eyes.

"And I'm proud to be an American
Where at least I know I'm free,
And I won't forget the men who died
Who gave that right to me.
And I'd gladly stand up next to you
And defend her still today.
'Cause there' no doubt I love this land
God bless the USA."

As someone else quoted from the Bible, we are cast down, but not distroyed.
God bless you all.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Today in school, some people read poems over the loudspeaker and we had a moment of silence. I think I'll go find one of the poems and bring it back here...

edited to add:
"A Psalm of Life" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Tell me not, in mournful numbers
Life is but an empty dream
For the soul is dead that slumbers
And things are not what they seem

Life is real, life is earnest
And the grave is not its goal
Dust thou art, to dust returnest
Was not spoken of the soul

Not enjoyment, and not sorrow
Is our destined end or way
But to act, that each tomorrow
Find us farther than today

Art is long and time is fleeting
And our hearts, though stout and brave
Still, like muffled drums, are beating
Funeral marches to the grave

In the world's broad field of battle
In the bivouac of life
Be not like dumb, driven cattle
Be a hero in the strife

Trust no future, howe'er pleasant
Let the dead past bury its dead
Act, act in the living present
Heart within, and God o'erhead

Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time

Footprints, that perhaps another
Sailing o'er life's solemn main
A forlorn and shipwrecked brother
Seeing, shall take heart again

Let us, then, be up and doing
With a heart for any fate
Still achieving, still pursuing
Learn to labor and to wait

Yesterday I attended a vigil in our quad. Thousands of people, children, students, and adults alike filled up more than half of the surrounding area. This event was not one of mourning, of grief, or of sadness. It was a place for all of us to come together and prove that we can move on. When we observed our moment of silence, people did not bow their heads and cry. They raised them higher and stood proud, proving that the American people can overcome whatever comes our way. They asked that we all stand up and hug the person next to us. I went to this event by myself, but as I stood among strangers, I did not feel alone. The only time I cried was when the person next to me pulled me over and embraced me. And as I looked around, everyone joined in. Strangers, friends...no one was left standing that wasn't touched by another human being. I have never felt more proud. It's a shame that a great tragedy like this is what it takes for America to feel, if not act, united. But I'm damn proud that it has brought us together the way it has. Our hearts will be with the family of the victims, but our minds, our will, our determination will be aimed at proving that we still stand strong. That we will overcome, that we will live.

Roswella

President Bush spoke yesterday at the National Cathedral. These are his words:

We are here in the middle hour of our grief. So many have suffered so great a loss, and today we express our nation's sorrow. We come before God to pray for the missing and the dead, and for those who loved them.

On Tuesday, our country was attacked with deliberate and massive cruelty. We have seen the images of fire and ashes and bent steel.

Now come the names, the list of casualties we are only beginning to read. They are the names of men and women who began their day at a desk or in an airport, busy with life. They are the names of people who faced death and in their last moments called home to say, be brave and I love you.

They are the names of passengers who defied their murderers and prevented the murder of others on the ground. They are the names of men and women who wore the uniform of the United States and died at their posts.

They are the names of rescuers — the ones whom death found running up the stairs and into the fires to help others. We will read all these names. We will linger over them and learn their stories, and many Americans will weep.

To the children and parents and spouses and families and friends of the lost, we offer the deepest sympathy of the nation. And I assure you, you are not alone.

Just three days removed from these events, Americans do not yet have the distance of history, but our responsibility to history is already clear: to answer these attacks and rid the world of evil. War has been waged against us by stealth and deceit and murder.

This nation is peaceful, but fierce when stirred to anger. This conflict was begun on the timing and terms of others; it will end in a way and at an hour of our choosing.

Our purpose as a nation is firm, yet our wounds as a people are recent and unhealed and lead us to pray. In many of our prayers this week, there's a searching and an honesty. At St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York, on Tuesday, a woman said, "I pray to God to give us a sign that he's still here." Others have prayed for the same, searching hospital to hospital, carrying pictures of those still missing.

God's signs are not always the ones we look for. We learn in tragedy that his purposes are not always our own, yet the prayers of private suffering, whether in our homes or in this great cathedral are known and heard and understood.

There are prayers that help us last through the day or endure the night. There are prayers of friends and strangers that give us strength for the journey, and there are prayers that yield our will to a will greater than our own.

This world he created is of moral design. Grief and tragedy and hatred are only for a time. Goodness, remembrance and love have no end, and the Lord of life holds all who die and all who mourn.

It is said that adversity introduces us to ourselves. This is true of a nation as well. In this trial, we have been reminded and the world has seen that our fellow Americans are generous and kind, resourceful and brave.

We see our national character in rescuers working past exhaustion, in long lines of blood donors, in thousands of citizens who have asked to work and serve in any way possible. And we have seen our national character in eloquent acts of sacrifice. Inside the World Trade Center, one man who could have saved himself stayed until the end and at the side of his quadriplegic friend. A beloved priest died giving the last rites to a firefighter. Two office workers, finding a disabled stranger, carried her down 68 floors to safety.

A group of men drove through the night from Dallas to Washington to bring skin grafts for burned victims. In these acts and many others, Americans showed a deep commitment to one another and an abiding love for our country.

Today, we feel what Franklin Roosevelt called "the warm courage of national unity." This is a unity of every faith and every background. This has joined together political parties and both houses of Congress. It is evident in services of prayer and candlelight vigils and American flags, which are displayed in pride and waved in defiance. Our unity is a kinship of grief and a steadfast resolve to prevail against our enemies. And this unity against terror is now extending across the world.

America is a nation full of good fortune, with so much to be grateful for, but we are not spared from suffering. In every generation, the world has produced enemies of human freedom. They have attacked America because we are freedom's home and defender, and the commitment of our fathers is now the calling of our time.

On this national day of prayer and remembrance, we ask almighty God to watch over our nation and grant us patience and resolve in all that is to come. We pray that He will comfort and console those who now walk in sorrow. We thank Him for each life we now must mourn, and the promise of a life to come.

As we've been assured, neither death nor life nor angels nor principalities, nor powers nor things present nor things to come nor height nor depth can separate us from God's love.

May he bless the souls of the departed. May he comfort our own. And may he always guide our country.

God bless America.

>>Look at this:
>>
>>The date of the attack: 9/11 - 9 + 1 + 1 = 11
>>September 11th is the 254th day of the year: 2 + 5 + 4 = 11
>>After September 11th there are 111 days left to the end of the
year.
>>119 is the area code to Iraq/Iran. 1 + 1 + 9 = 11
>>Twin Towers - standing side by side, looks like the number 11
>>The first plane to hit the towers was Flight 11
>>
>>I Have More.......
>>
>>State of New York - The 11 State added to the Union
>>New York City - 11 Letters
>>Afghanistan - 11 Letters
>>The Pentagon - 11 Letters
>>Ramzi Yousef - 11 Letters (convicted or orchestrating the attack on
the
>>WTC in 1993)
>>Flight 11 - 92 on board - 9 + 2 = 11
>>Flight 77 - 65 on board - 6 + 5 = 11

10 Things You Can Do To Help

THE TERRORISTS WANT us to be afraid; they want us to stay home, hoarding
fuel and food. They want to crush our free and open society by
paralyzing us with fear. We can stop them, and so can every other
American. Our collective actions have a tremendous effect and will repel
this terrorist threat and send a clear message to the world.

1. Keep your money in the stock market; leave your investments where they are.

Show your faith in our economy by making a new investment when
the market opens. Don’t think for a moment that the terrorists didn’t have a keen sense of the timing of their actions. As consumers and agents of our economy, we hold its future in our hands.

2. Fill your car’s gas tank as you normally would.

Don’t run to the gas station to fill up your car. Stay with your normal pattern of fueling. If you’re a gas station owner, don’t give in to price-gouging. If you find yourself and your community victims of price-gouging (at gas stations or grocery stores), bring it to the public’s attention.
Report gas-gouging to the local chapter of the American Automobile Association (AAA). You can also contact your state’s Attorney General or the U.S. Energy Department Hotline at 1-800-244-3301. These
organizations are aware of this kind of activity. Bring it to the attention of your local newspaper or broadcast outlet. Provide accurate information and shine a bright light on this lack of civic virtue.

3. Buy things — anything, no matter how small.

Consider buying a new car, something fuel-efficient to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. If you’ve had a project or purchase on your mind, now is the time to follow through. Don’t put off purchases that
you have planned because of this incident and fear for the economy. These delayed purchases can be self-fulfilling prophecies of a failing economy. Our collective purchases will have a phenomenal impact and help us fight fear-induced volatility of the price of everyday goods and services.

4. Fly the American flag.

Fly it from your house. Fly it from your car. Fly it in a position of respect anywhere you can. Stand tall and be American.
Our country has been politically
divided, especially since the last election. But let us not forget that it is precisely the mechanism of democracy that allows us to be politically divided in a productive fashion. Terrorism attempts to take that productive division and turn it on itself.

5. Withdraw cash from the bank as you usually would.

Don’t help cause a run on the banks by withdrawing all your money. Our financial systems are strong and resilient. Withdraw cash as you normally do. Terrorists fully intend to scare us into thinking that
our systems are vulnerable well beyond the point of impact.

6. Use transportation systems.

Make business and travel arrangements as you normally would. Book a flight as quickly as you are able in order to show your confidence in our airlines, the new airport security guidelines, and our public safety system.

7. Conserve energy.

This will help to stabilize prices and supplies. Take public transportation, walk, bike, carpool, do whatever you can to avoid driving. Taking public transportation to work once a week will be a tremendous help. Turn off unused lights and appliances at home.

8. Write your state and local representatives and members of Congress to demand more funding for alternative fuel research.

Our dependence on foreign oil is a huge vulnerability. If the United States decides to take military action, our oil supplies may be affected. By reducing our dependence on foreign oil, we enable our
government to do what is deemed necessary.

9. Help unify this country by engaging your neighbors and community.

We need to have one voice to fight terrorism. Everyone must come together in order for our collective actions to defeat this evil. Acts of violence against our own people, regardless of their faith or background, can only be destructive.

10. Get back into your normal pattern of work and living.

Do what you can to continue your normal routines.
Embrace the new security guidelines in
airports and other public places and don’t complain. Support airport security personnel and let them know you’re proud of what they are doing. Don’t be frozen by shock and fear: that was the terrorists’ objective. Fight them by continuing to live normally in our free and open society.

IT’S UP TO YOU
There are many great lessons to be learned from these events:
among them is the understanding that we each have the ability to defend our nation. We are each empowered to make decisions that will collectively allow us not only to survive this time of crisis, but to emerge ever-stronger in our response to this unspeakable act of evil.
Invoking Winston Churchill, this could, indeed, be our finest
hour.

I just can not believe that this tragedy has come upon the United States. I send my deepest sympathy to all the families of the victims and workers who are helping to recover people. I know that the US is going to go to war, and I am so scared for the people that will fight and the US in general. I'm just afraid of what Pakistan and Afghanistan will do in retaliation of the war. But i definitely do think that the US should do something to show Bin Laden and his followers that they will not get away with taking thousands of innocent US lives. You can not reason with terrorists, you just have to attack them.

~*Tanesha*~

Me, my sister, my father & my mother went out on our balcony on our block and lit our candles. I felt a lot better when a lot of people started coming out and lighting candles. Then people down the block (that I couldn't see but only hear) started singing "God Bless America" and all the patriotic songs and we clapped after they finished and we all started singing the National Anthem and chanting USA! USA! So it was very nice.

I stayed outside for about 1 hour and then I went in cuz it got really cold.

God Bless America!

Another thing I would like to put up is this attachment I got in an email.

We Are Not Alone

Members of the public gather in London's Parliament Square, waiting for Big Ben to strike 11 a.m., Friday, to begin 3 minutes of silence for those who died in Tuesday's terrorist attacks. (by Peter J. Jordan, AP)

Palestinian children light candles in at a memorial service in the West Bank city of Hebron. Hundreds of Palestinians rallied to show support for Americans killed in the attacks on the World Trade Center. (AP)

Kenyans pray during a religious service in Nairobi to show their solidarity with the American people in the wake of the terrorist attacks of New York and Washington. (by Pedro Ugarte, AFP)

A couple observe a minute of silence in front of Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris to mark the memory of the thousands of American victims. (by Jack Guez, AFP)

With U.S flags waving, Germans attend a solidarity demonstration at the Brandenburg Gate to pay tribute to America's dead. German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder was in attendance. (by Wolfgang Rattay, Reuters)

At a motorway rest area near Kerkdriel, the Netherlands, motorists leave their cars to observe three minutes of silence in memory of the victims. (by Marcel Antonisse, AFP)

Men pray during Friday services at Rashediya Grand Mosque in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The prayer leader said, "We as Muslims respect all humans and all innocent people." (by Kamran Jebreili, AP)

Pope John Paul II prays for victims of the attacks in the United States at the pontiff's summer residence at Castelgandolfo. The Pope called the attacks a dark day in the history of humanity. (bu Arturo Mari, Reuters)

A Russian woman mourning the victims of the terrorist attacks lights candles during a special service at St. Nicholas Cathedral in Moscow. Similar services were held in many Russian Orthodox churches. (by Maxim Marmur, AP)

Pakistani Muslims pray in Islamabad for victims of terrorist attacks as President Pervez Musharraf considers how to respond to a U.S. request for help in hunting down Osama bin Laden. (by Saeed Khan, AFP)

Filipino protestors gesture against terrorism at a peace rally outside the U.S Embassy in Manila. The protestors expressed condolences to the American people. (by Bullit Marquez, AP)

A girl places a candle beside a small U.S. flag in her apartment window in Brno. People in the Czech Republic placed lit candles in their windows to remember victims of the terrorist attacks. (By Otto Ballon Mierny, CTK)

A Belgian pupil holds a handmade U.S. flag during the three minutes of silence in a Brussels school. (Reuters)

For more images of support from people around the world, visit: http://is.a.crackfiend.com/thankyou/

My thoughts & prayers are with everyone.

~*Shar*~

I'm so touched by the outpouring of support I've seen from all over the world.

~*Tanesha*~ ONELOVE

Hello, my name is Mike Giles and I am a resident of Atlanta, GA. Like many of you, I have donated to the Red Cross online via Amazon. I have given blood. I still feel helpless in what has happened and what I can do to help. I hope that this act will be symbol of how we as a nation can stand together and bring light to the darkness.

This is a time of darkness. Darkness from terrorism, darkness from fear, and darkness from anger. In the wake of the unspeakable act, that was commited on the US on September 11th, a light has shown brightly throughout the nation in the hearts of it's people. The United States has been blessed
with a collection of people who have proven that, in the face of disaster, pety problems can be put aside.

Our nation has come together to donate money, blood, and sweat without hesitation.
My plea goes out to others that wish to continue to push the darkness back.

Many people have come to our country seeking the light. The light of hope, the light of dreams, and the light of freedom. Let us now come together and create a light across America showing that we can not and will not allow the darkness to surround us.

Let us stretch out an extension of the light that the Statue of Liberty has provided as a beacon of freedom for those shrouded in the darkness.

One week from the tragedy, on Sept 18th, at 11:00pm EST, point your floodlights, flashlights, and candles into the sky above and show that this darkness will not stop the light of freedom from shining
in our home.

Rest assured - if everyone is to heal and or get to some semblance of peace with the world, meeting places such as this need to exist.

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Here in my hometown last night we had an entire stadium of highschool football fans fill the stadium with glow sticks that were passed out for the occasion.

The Western Washington State Fair which is two blocks away did something similar.
The entire town was silent. About five minutes later the stadium and the fair errupted in chants of USA! USA! it was amazing.

God bless all the rescuers still there... and those who are no longer with us.

Maeve MacDermod (maealoeki)

I live in New Jersey and have a number of friends who are still missing family members. My father is a retired Port Authority officer and is missing many fellow officers. My brother is an officer with the New York Police Department and your prayers and support mean a lot as this is a tragedy that has affected the entire nation. As an American, I know we will rise above this and stand tall.

I just want you to know that the people of Barbados' prayers are with you in the US and our brothers and sisters in the Caribbean, as well as those here who have also suffered losses from this incident. My heart goes out to all of you.

-m

A big hug,
Silvia

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Free

Why do things happen
For the good and the bad
Without a reason
No reason for being so sad

We go to school and work
Everyday a normal day
Expecting nothing
Children laugh and play

Then sh*t happens
They say for a reason
For good or for bad
No reason for being so sad

Chorus
Thought you'd tear us apart
You brought us together
Thought you'd take away our freedom
We'll be free forever
Nothing you can say will hurt us
Nothing you can do will make us weak
United we will stand
Together we are free

Such a tragedy
Such a shame
How was this fun?
This unbelieveable game

We'll pull through
We'll move on
Daylight is here
Darkness is gone

Tough, willing, helpful
Strong, independent, free
Brave, scarless, indestructable
Together we are we

Thought you'd tear us apart
You brought us together
Thought you'd take away our freedom
We'll be free forever
Nothing you can say will hurt us
Nothing you can do will make us weak
United we will stand
Together we are free

Together as one
We overcome all
You think you're big
Really, you're so small

You're jealous
You're cruel
You're pathetic
Such a fool

Thought you'd tear us apart
You brought us together
Thought you'd take away our freedom
We'll be free forever
Nothing you can say will hurt us
Nothing you can do will make us weak
United we will stand
Together we are free

United we will stand
Together we are free

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It could also be a poem. Whatever. I just was really inspired with everything and I wanted to get some feelings on paper.

~Sarah

Thank you.
Any chance of a :hug: smilie? Or is it understood by all that :hug: is the hug smilie?

My thoughts and prayers go out to the families and friends that have been affected by this horrible tragedy. I am so sorry for your loss.

UNITED WE STAND!

~Brittany~

"We have not lost anyone, only gained many angels."

God Bless America!

Kia Kaha (This means 'Stay Strong' in Maori, one of the native languages of NZ)

Kate

This Reaffirmation of the Spirit of America was written by Chicago Sun-Times Columnist Richard Roeper and sent to you by BuzzFlash.com.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/roeper/cst-nws-roep14.html

THE SPIRIT OF AMERICA: BOWED, BUT UNBROKEN

September 14, 2001

BY RICHARD ROEPER SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST

I am the spirit of America. I am the Stars and Stripes waving proudly from homes, schools, football fields, office buildings and government centers.

I am New York City Chief of Department Peter J. Ganci, Jr., First Deputy Fire Commissioner William Feehan, Capt. Raymond Downey and FDNY Chaplain Mychal Judge.

I am the hundreds of firefighters, policemen and Port Authority officers who are missing and will not be found.

I am the men and women who knew they were going to die and thus jumped from the towers, choosing to have some measure of control over the last breaths they would take.

I am the thousands of volunteers who have rolled up their sleeves and donned surgical masks to aid the workers digging through the incomprehensible rubble and debris in lower Manhattan.

I am Michael Benfante, 22, and John Cerqueria, 36, who carried a disabled woman down 68 floors of a World Trade Center stairwell and placed the woman in an emergency van.

I am the passengers aboard United Airlines Flight 93 who fought with their hijackers and brought the plane down outside Pittsburgh, 250 miles from its intended target in Washington, D.C.

I am the dozens of passengers aboard the other hijacked planes who called loved ones to say goodbye, or tried to alert authorities.

I am the pilots and flight attendants on those planes.

I am President George W. Bush, doing and saying the right things in the face of an unprecedented national tragedy.

I am former President Bill Clinton and former Vice President Al Gore, voicing unconditional support for President Bush.

I am the members of Congress, standing on the steps of the Capitol and breaking into a rendition of "God Bless America."

I am the loved ones who are holding up photos on TV, pasting leaflets on the side of TV news vans, and keeping vigil in the faint hopes that their mother, their father, their child, will be found.

I am the crowds lining the streets of lower Manhattan, cheering the rescue workers and truck drivers and technicians heading to the disaster site.

I am the nurses and doctors who have come to New York to help.

I am the millions of Americans who have reached out to friends with e-mails and phone calls saying, "I hope you're all right I hope you didn't lose anyone close to you, and if I haven't said it lately, I love you."

I am New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, wearing a cap and sweatshirt emblazoned with logos of the New York City Fire Department, standing strong and calm and forceful while addressing the city.

I am the thousands upon thousands of Americans in Los Angeles and Denver and Phoenix and Detroit and Philadelphia who have lined up to donate blood.

I am the electric ribbon of red, white and blue rimming the top of the John Hancock Center on a Wednesday night in September.

I am the New Yorkers who have laid flowers and hand-scribbled words of mourning at the site of the disaster.

I am the construction workers who fashioned stretchers from materials at their nearby work sites, and then joined the firefighters and the police in rescue efforts.

I am the Chicago-area firefighters who rode in a caravan of RVs and SUVs to New York to offer assistance to their colleagues.

I am the people gathered in Riverfront Park in Spokane, Wash., singing "Amazing Grace."

I am the business professionals who have donated coffee, food, hotel rooms, phones and other services.

I am the journalists covered in soot and risking their own safety so they can tell the world what has happened.

I am the camera operators who stood strong and took video and still photographs, even as people around them ran for their lives.

I am General Electric, donating $10 million to the families of emergency workers who have lost their lives.

I am the investigators who are working swiftly and with precision to identify the terrorists and their accomplices.

I am the Pentagon workers who aren't coming home.

I am Ronnie Clifford, who was trying to save a woman's life outside the first tower, even as his own sister was aboard the United Airlines plane that was about to hit the second tower.

I am the rescue personnel who toil to the point of exhaustion, take a break--and then get back to the most grisly and heartbreaking work imaginable.

I am the millions of Americans who will mourn, weep, pray--and never forget.

I am the spirit of America, and I am alive and strong, and you can never kill me.

Copyright by the Chicago Sun-Times

hi...I am trying to get radio stations to play this song on tuesday the 18th at 12:00 noon as a way of showing we are not going to stand for what happened in our great country. the song is Invincible by Pat Benetar. I am emailing as many radio stations as I can, but if you could spread the word too, it would be a great help. Here are the lyrics so you can see how fitting the tune really is

thank you

Invincible - Pat Benetar

This bloody road remains a mystery
This sudden darkness fills the air
What are we waiting for?
Won't anybody help us?
What are we waiting for?
We can't afford to be innocent
Stand up and face the enemy
It's a do or die situation
We will be invincible

This shattered dream you cannot justify
We're gonna scream until we're satisified
What are we running for?
We've got the right to be angry
What are we running for?
When there's no where we can run to anymore

We can't afford to be innocent
Stand up and face the enemy
It's a do or die situation
We will be invincible
And with the power of conviction
There is no sacrifice
It's a do or die situation
We will be invincible

Won't anybody help us?
What are we running for?
When there's no where, no where we can run to anymore

We can't afford to be innocent
Stand up and face the enemy
It's a do or die situation
We will be invincible
And with the power of conviction
There is no sacrifice
It's a do or die situation
We will be invincible

Kian Ronin

"Monday, Sept. 17:

... just heard on the radio that the U.S. has asked that everyone step out on their lawns tonight at 10:30 PM EST (that’s 9:00 PM CST, 8:30 PM MST and 7:30 PM PST) and light a candle. They will be taking a satellite picture of the U.S. and posting it on the news tomorrow morning."

I will be out on my lawn, lighting my candle like I did last week.

God Bless Us All

A couple days ago I was very un-focused in class and my teacher had sent me to my guidence counseler. At the time I was filled with anger, sadness and all I could think about was how unfair it was and that everything sucked. My counseler asked me to list some positive things. She told me to go home, get some rest and compile a list of positive things that are happening now as a result of the event. She said it was better for me if I did and that I would feel better. It really helped. After thinking for a while I wrote my list. I know this may be old news but I really wanted to share my list with you in hope that you all can see this situation the same way that I do now.

I thought about all the random acts of kindness I have been hearing about.

When people needed to walk across the bridge to get out of the city, A man who owned a shoe store gave a pair of shoes to every women who was in high-heels.
A deli nearby offered food to anyone who came in free of charge.
Brave New Yorkers risked their lives and gave their lives to save others. Officers, firemen, and civilians, knowing that the chance of them getting out safely was very slim, still rushed into buildings helping people escape.
My english teacher told us that when she went to give blood, she had to wait 8 hours in line
People on messageboards all over are offering a place for anyone without a home to stay
Politicians Republican or Democrtaic put their differances aside and sang together
People brought food to hospitals where many anxious family members were waiting because they have been there all day
A group of men drove through the night from Dallas to Washington to bring skin grafts for burned victims
At the Lincoln Memorial a few days ago, some 500 people turned out for a candlelight vigil. They sang the National Anthem as they gathered in a show of support for not only the rescuers working at the Pentagon and the World Trade Center, but for the country as a whole.

In school, during 2nd period classes each student was given either a red, white or blue piece of construction paper and we each wrote things on them. For instance things we felt and things we wanted to say. In the end, all the pieces of paper were put together to make a great big flag to put up in the student commons area at our school. I wrote that list on my piece. Everytime I look at it it makes me feel better. It's a collective collage expressing what our community feels and it means so much.

My two cents. I think it's important to remember this event and use it as learning experiance. I know I have. I hope that we will be able to be carefree again but I think that our leaders may have to change their attitudes. So far all you can hear is about how we are going to get back at them for what they did. There is nothing about what caused the problem to begin with. I think we must look hard and find the root of the problem to fix it, peace will not come out of war. America has always been a very powerful and arrogant country. I wonder now if our arrogance has not gotten us in trouble. I don't know at this point how we could ever track these people down. I wish they could find them and prosecute them according to the law without starting a war. Unfortunately, there are many angry people in the country today and they all want retaliation and I don't think they are thinking about what will be happening to the innocent people in those countries they want bombed. No one wins a war. Everyone loses. US will never learn this lesson. Yet the world continues to turn.
I pray that everything will turn out for the highest good of all, that is all that I can do.

As I have been reading through your posts I have read about people who think their words are worthless because everyone has said it already. Please do not for a second think that your post is worthless. Every single little comment has made me feel a bit better.
Thank you all again for everything. Thank you for including me and my family in your prayers. I believe there are people out there who have lost much more than I and they will be in my prayers as well. I feel incredibly blessed that there are so many people who would offer their sympathies and condolences in my time of need. I can only hope that when you need something, I can be as kind to you as you have been to me

With Love
BuffyAngelFan04
Jessie

And I agree -- to everyone else, the words are not meaningless, empty -- I know they all come from your hearts. The show of worldwide unity over this event has been truly astounding, and it chokes me up whenever I think about it.

Here, then, America - from Canada to you...

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America: The Good Neighbour.

Widespread but only partial news coverage was given recently to a remarkable editorial broadcast from Toronto by Gordon Sinclair, a
Canadian television commentator. What follows is the full text of his trenchant remarks as printed in the Congressional Record:

"This Canadian thinks it is time to speak up for the Americans as the most generous and possibly the least appreciated people on all the earth. Germany, Japan and, to a lesser extent, Britain and Italy were lifted out of the debris of war by the Americans who poured in billions of dollars and forgave other billions in debts. None of these countries is today paying even the interest on its remaining debts to the United States.

"When France was in danger of collapsing in 1956, it was the Americans who propped it up, and their reward was to be insulted and swindled on the streets of Paris. I was there. I saw it. When earthquakes hit distant cities, it is the United States that hurries in to help. This spring, 59 American communities were flattened by tornadoes. Nobody helped. The Marshall Plan and the Truman Policy pumped billions of dollars into discouraged countries. Now newspapers in those countries are writing about the decadent, warmongering Americans. I'd like to
see just one of those countries that is gloating over the erosion of the United States dollar build its own airplane. Does any other country in the world have a plane to equal the Boeing Jumbo Jet, the Lockheed Tri-Star, or the Douglas DC10? If so, why don't they fly them? Why do all the International lines except Russia fly American Planes? Why does no other land on earth even consider putting a man or woman on the moon? You talk about Japanese technocracy, and you get radios. You talk about German technocracy, and you get automobiles. You talk about American technocracy, and you find men on the moon -
not once, but several times and safely home again.

"You talk about scandals, and the Americans put theirs right in the store window for everybody to look at. Even their draft-dodgers are not pursued and hounded. They are here on our streets, and most of them, unless they are breaking Canadian laws, are getting American dollars from ma and pa at home to spend here.

"When the railways of France, Germany and India were breaking down through age, it was the Americans who rebuilt them. When the
Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central went broke, nobody loaned them an old caboose. Both are still broke. I can name you 5000 times when the Americans raced to the help of other people in trouble. Can you name me even one time when someone else raced to the Americans in trouble? I don't think there was outside help even during the San Francisco earthquake. Our neighbours have faced it alone, and I'm one Canadian who is damned tired of hearing them get kicked around. They will come out of this thing with their flag high. And when they do,
they are entitled to thumb their nose at the lands that are gloating over their present troubles. I hope Canada is not one of those."

Stand proud, America!"

All of that having been said, I still thank the author and Canadians in general for their support of the US, and I trust that we will come out of this with our heads held high, much like when this article was broadcast.

Thanks