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America United
copyright 2002 American
Media, Inc
When Terrorists
struck that bright September morning, they unintentionally opened a
mother lode of patriotic fervor that welled up and swelled the
American heart and mind.
From sea to shining sea - and anywhere
Americans happened to be overseas - U.S. citizens everywhere found
unique and moving ways to show their pride and their love of their
nation's greatest symbol, the star-spangled banner.
Hats and helmets, homes and walls,
faces and fences, streets and sidewalks all became canvases for
everyday people to display those colors and defiantly show their
determination that the United States will survive, recover and
prevail.
Any divisions over race, creed and
ethnic origin were quickly cast aside as Americans united in their
hearts and minds to tell the world what the word "united" in United
States of America really means.
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Shadows
copyright 2002 Hope Miller
There are times I feel as though
I am surrounded by Shadows.
Watching the world pass me by.
No one notices me in the shadows.
No one noticed the blood red sky.
The shadows silence my screams.
No one hears me cry.
No one knows my pain.
All alone in the dreary shadows,
Not sure where to go,
No where to turn;
Darkness everywhere.
Lost in time;
Not knowing where I am.
Trapped in a bad dream,
Dont know how to wake up.
The shadows playing tricks;
They open around me
Then close back up.
Taunting me,
Teasing me.
I cry.
I can hear my cries,
Why cant anyone else?
Where am I to go?
Where can I turn?
Will anyone ever find me?
I am surrounded in shadows,
Watching the world pass me by.
When I first wrote
that poem I didn't know why,
now i see that I
wrote it because America
was in
the shadows on
Sept 11,
2001!
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The Tragic Toll
copyright 2002 American Media, Inc
Total Dead: 2,823
Recovered: 1,102
Never found: 1,721
Police Deaths: 23
Port Authority
Officers Deaths: 37
Firefighters Deaths:
343
Recovery Work:
3,100,000 hours
Debris Removed:
1,642,698 Tons
Steel Removed:
190,568 Tons
Subterranean Debris
Left: 25,000 Tons
Number of Trucks
Used: 108,444
Area Cleared: 16
Acre (3 football fields)
Last Fires
Extinguished:
Dec. 20, 2001
Number of Daily
Visitors: 1,000 + daily
God Bless the
USA!!
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