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unicorn-skydancer08 — New York Nightmare by-nc-nd
Published: 2010-09-11 15:44:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 1674; Favourites: 49; Downloads: 8
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Description Nine years ago today—
Yet it feels like yesterday
It had been like any other day
For a while, everything was okay

Then it happened, without warning
On that bright September morning,
To the public's horrified eyes,
A plane fell out of the blue skies

The plane was quickly losing power
It hurtled straight into a tower
A burst of flames, a thunderous roar—
Unlike anything you've seen before

Then a second plane came into view
It also crashed, into Tower Two
Now two towers were engulfed in fire
As swirls of black smoke billowed higher

It was a literal nightmare come true
Many stood, at a loss of what to do
Some merely stared, with terror in their eyes
While others covered their faces and cried

Others rushed into action, risking their lives
In hopes of saving those who were trapped inside
Before too long, the lofty towers came crumbling down
What was once the glory of New York now lay on the ground

Many precious lives were lost that day
All faith and hope had been blown away
A tragedy that engulfed the entire nation—
An unhealable scar on our generation

Countless prayers were said
Floods of tears were shed
"How could this happen?" some would ask;
"Why did God let this come to pass?"

Unseen, God was already there
His ear caught every cry and prayer
He wept for His children, and even then,
There were some who chose to forget Him.
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Comments: 123

unicorn-skydancer08 In reply to ??? [2013-04-14 14:04:32 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

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yellow-tulips [2011-02-25 18:19:05 +0000 UTC]

unfortunately the memory of most of the country is only 6 mos long. for 6 mos, we were a truly united nation. too bad it takes a tragedy to do that.
i make a point to wear red, white, and blue every sept 11th. people always ask me why, and i tell them to think back and try to think of an even on sept 11th that would cause me to do that. sometimes they get it. sadly, sometimes they still look at me confused.

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unicorn-skydancer08 In reply to yellow-tulips [2011-02-25 18:57:36 +0000 UTC]

It's amazing how forgetful we can be.

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JudgementLord [2010-10-13 02:09:10 +0000 UTC]

I only vaguely remember that day. I was in first grade and no clue what was going on.

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unicorn-skydancer08 In reply to JudgementLord [2010-10-13 02:39:07 +0000 UTC]

I was in junior high, so I have a decent memory.

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ChristianCosmo [2010-10-02 16:36:32 +0000 UTC]

YES!!!YES!! Some one understands

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unicorn-skydancer08 In reply to ChristianCosmo [2010-10-02 18:12:27 +0000 UTC]

Of course, I do.

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kath660 [2010-09-18 03:27:04 +0000 UTC]

i was like three when it happened. i don't remember any of it.

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unicorn-skydancer08 In reply to kath660 [2010-09-18 03:50:54 +0000 UTC]

Consider yourself lucky.

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kath660 In reply to unicorn-skydancer08 [2010-09-26 05:02:39 +0000 UTC]

i can tell

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unicorn-skydancer08 In reply to kath660 [2010-09-26 20:14:07 +0000 UTC]

And so can I.

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KerriganClearwater [2010-09-15 20:12:03 +0000 UTC]

I remember that day. I was in 3rd grade, and my birthday had just happened on the 5th. I came home from school, and my mother was sobbing. For the next sveral days i remember that every single channel, no matter what it was, was replaying the collapse and plane strike over and over again.

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unicorn-skydancer08 In reply to KerriganClearwater [2010-09-15 20:13:28 +0000 UTC]

I remember that, too. It was the sole story of every news station.

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KerriganClearwater In reply to unicorn-skydancer08 [2010-09-15 20:23:54 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, my mother did not want me to watch it. But my father told her that i should know what was going on.

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unicorn-skydancer08 In reply to KerriganClearwater [2010-09-15 20:52:57 +0000 UTC]

I guess some people feel kids ought to be informed, and others feel kids are better off not knowing. I'm somewhere in the middle on this.

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KerriganClearwater In reply to unicorn-skydancer08 [2010-09-15 20:54:32 +0000 UTC]

I probably would have headed on down there if it happened today. Tryed to help find people.

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unicorn-skydancer08 In reply to KerriganClearwater [2010-09-15 21:02:15 +0000 UTC]

I would have been too scared to do much of anything.

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KerriganClearwater In reply to unicorn-skydancer08 [2010-09-15 21:03:38 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, but i would have gone done, regardless of whether i would be hurt or not.

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unicorn-skydancer08 In reply to KerriganClearwater [2010-09-18 03:53:40 +0000 UTC]

I didn't mean that in a bad way, but I'd most certainly have been scared stiff.

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KerriganClearwater In reply to unicorn-skydancer08 [2010-09-18 15:38:51 +0000 UTC]

It's okay. I would have been scred too, seeing as only 21 people out of 2,000+ were pulled out alive.

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unicorn-skydancer08 In reply to KerriganClearwater [2010-09-18 16:16:41 +0000 UTC]

Wow...

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KerriganClearwater In reply to unicorn-skydancer08 [2010-09-18 16:31:04 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I did not know it until i watched the movie World Trade Center.

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unicorn-skydancer08 In reply to KerriganClearwater [2010-09-19 16:50:45 +0000 UTC]

I can't bring myself to watch any movies about that tragic event. The real thing was bad enough; I don't care to see it in the style of Hollywood.

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KerriganClearwater In reply to unicorn-skydancer08 [2010-09-19 20:01:43 +0000 UTC]

Well, oliver stone did it, so it's pretty acurate, It's about these two real life cops that were trapped in the rubble and survived.

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unicorn-skydancer08 In reply to KerriganClearwater [2010-09-19 20:55:57 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, but still, I just don't care to watch that stuff. There are some things you don't like to see on-screen.

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KerriganClearwater In reply to unicorn-skydancer08 [2010-09-20 00:31:48 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I get ya.

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unicorn-skydancer08 In reply to KerriganClearwater [2010-09-20 14:53:24 +0000 UTC]

Good!

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KerriganClearwater In reply to unicorn-skydancer08 [2010-09-20 19:54:59 +0000 UTC]

yeah, so iguess this little conversation is over.

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unicorn-skydancer08 In reply to KerriganClearwater [2010-09-20 19:58:56 +0000 UTC]

Not if you don't want it to end.

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KerriganClearwater In reply to unicorn-skydancer08 [2010-09-20 20:07:16 +0000 UTC]

I don't realy care if it ends or not. But i have a question that will keep it going: How do you get a signature?

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unicorn-skydancer08 In reply to KerriganClearwater [2010-09-20 20:17:18 +0000 UTC]

What kind of signature?

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KerriganClearwater In reply to unicorn-skydancer08 [2010-09-20 20:18:26 +0000 UTC]

The one at the bottom of each post that you and other people make.

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kath660 [2010-09-14 05:28:10 +0000 UTC]

nice rhyming! and still holds a great theme.

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unicorn-skydancer08 In reply to kath660 [2010-09-14 17:09:02 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much.

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Giveaway-penguin [2010-09-13 02:37:40 +0000 UTC]

It was nine years ago... Kindergarten, being taken home for lunch by a worried mother... watching new york crumble to pieces yet not understanding it...

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unicorn-skydancer08 In reply to Giveaway-penguin [2010-09-13 03:45:32 +0000 UTC]

I'll bet that was tough watching for you.

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RSC3 [2010-09-12 12:23:20 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for the poem. It says it all.

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unicorn-skydancer08 In reply to RSC3 [2010-09-12 15:56:53 +0000 UTC]

Thanks very much.

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TheIrkenMoonwalker [2010-09-12 09:49:55 +0000 UTC]

Heavy. I remember being in kindergarten, hearing other 5-year-olds start talking, then seeing the fear in my parent eyes. And then me, being as fragile and sensitive as I was, wetting myself over something I did not even understand. Now it is a very different story.

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unicorn-skydancer08 In reply to TheIrkenMoonwalker [2010-09-12 16:11:45 +0000 UTC]

I think my sister was roughly around your age.

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PhotographerGirl [2010-09-12 03:58:25 +0000 UTC]

I was really young when it happened but I remember driving to my grandma's with my mom and there was something on the radio. My mom called my grandma and told her to turn on her TV and that we would be there soon.

When we got there it was just in time to see the second tower fall. It was terrible. I can honestly say I've never seen anything so scary. The smoke and the screams and...those poor people were going through hell at the time.

My mom started praying aloud for the people, and I remember my grandma started to cry when people started to jump out of the tower to get away form the fire. It was so incredibly tragic.

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unicorn-skydancer08 In reply to PhotographerGirl [2010-09-12 16:12:28 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I'd never seen anything like it.

That's something you'd expect to see in a movie, but you'd never expect it to be the real thing.

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PhotographerGirl In reply to unicorn-skydancer08 [2010-09-13 03:03:28 +0000 UTC]

I know, like something out of a sci-fi movie or something...but not in real life. Not there in front of your eyes.

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unicorn-skydancer08 In reply to PhotographerGirl [2010-09-13 03:35:09 +0000 UTC]

Knowing that it's not the result of computer effects, that a tower really is coming down and people really are dying...

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PhotographerGirl In reply to unicorn-skydancer08 [2010-09-13 22:41:00 +0000 UTC]

I know. The thought is mind-blowing. Watching it was bad enough, I couldn't imagine actually being there.

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unicorn-skydancer08 In reply to PhotographerGirl [2010-09-13 22:46:43 +0000 UTC]

Oh, yeah, it was bad enough seeing it on the TV screen.

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PhotographerGirl In reply to unicorn-skydancer08 [2010-09-13 22:49:55 +0000 UTC]

Yep, definitely.

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unicorn-skydancer08 In reply to PhotographerGirl [2010-09-13 23:31:07 +0000 UTC]

I don't think I'd have been able to bear it if I was actually there.

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Inuranchan [2010-09-12 01:54:16 +0000 UTC]

Wonderfull poem...I was in school when this happened. In NY. We were sent home immediatly...and were not told why. Everyone was completely serious and would not answer questions as to why we were being sent home. My brother told me about the attack that had happened 30 minutes from my school. I could not believe it. And I remember how dark the sky was....even when the buildings had already fallen. There was still a huge cloud of dust all over the skyline...it was incredible...

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unicorn-skydancer08 In reply to Inuranchan [2010-09-12 01:54:46 +0000 UTC]

And I thought it was scary enough just from the TV screen.

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