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IN MEMORY - ONE YEAR LATER

"IN MEMORY - ONE YEAR LATER"

I STILL FIND IT "ALL" SO HARD TO BELIEVE!
I CAN'T BELIEVE A WHOLE YEAR HAS GONE BY!
IT SEEMS LIKE ONLY YESTERDAY THAT IT HAPPENED!
I THOUGHT IT WAS A DREAM THAT TURNED INTO A NIGHTMARE!
OH, HOW I WISH IT WOULD HAVE BEEN!
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IT WAS THE DAY THAT COMPLETELY CHANGED MY LIFE!
IT WAS THE DAY THAT CHANGED EVERYONE'S LIFE!
IT WAS THE DAY THAT CHANGED "EVERYTHING" FOREVER!
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I'LL NEVER FORGET WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY!
I'LL NEVER FORGET WHERE I WAS OR WHAT I WAS DOING!
I'LL NEVER FORGET THOSE HORRIBLE IMAGES I SAW!
I'LL NEVER FORGET THE TERROR THAT I FELT!
I'LL NEVER FORGET HOW MAD AND HATEFUL I FELT!
BUT MOST OF ALL, I'LL NEVER FORGET THE PAIN I FELT,
THE PAIN I FELT FOR ALL THOSE LOST IN SUCH A
SENSELESS ACT OF TERROR!
I CRIED FOR WEEKS OVER PEOPLE I NEVER EVEN MET!
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I SOMETIMES CRY TO THIS DAY OVER WHAT HAPPENED!
I STILL FEEL THE PAIN EVERY TIME I WORK ON THIS SITE!
I STILL PRAY FOR ALL THOSE WE LOST ON THAT DAY!
I PRAY FOR THE FAMILIES AND FRIENDS THEY LEFT BEHIND!
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I PRAY FOR OUR COUNTRY AND ALL OF OUR PEOPLE,
THAT GOD WILL PROTECT US FROM ANY MORE HARM.
I PRAY FOR OUR LEADERS AND OUR MILITARY,
THAT GOD WILL PROTECT THOSE WHO TRY TO PROTECT US.
I PRAY THAT THE PEOPLE WHO DID THIS TO US
MAY SOMEDAY FIND IT IN THEIR COLD, COLD HEARTS
TO STOP HATING US AND OTHERS SO MUCH.
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WE SHOULD'VE LEARNED A GREAT LESSON FROM THIS,
THAT THINGS AND LOVED ONES CAN BE GONE IN AN INSTANT!
WE GOT ALONG SO WELL AFTER THE ATTACK, AND IT WAS SO NICE!
WE SHOULD ALL TRY TO GET ALONG LIKE THAT ALL THE TIME!
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT TOMORROW WILL BRING!
YOU CAN'T TAKE "ANYTHING" FOR GRANTED!
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IT'S SO MUCH EASIER TO LOVE THAN TO HATE!
WE'VE SEEN WHAT HATE CAN DO!
THE LOSSES WILL FOREVER BE BURNED IN OUR HEARTS!
WE'VE SEEN WHAT HATE CAN DESTROY!
THE IMAGES WILL FOREVER BE BURNED IN OUR MINDS!
WE MUST NEVER FORGET!!!

THIS PAGE CREATED BY BARB FOR SEPTEMBER 11, 2002
IN MEMORY OF THOSE WE LOST & IN MEMORY OF WHAT WE LOST

GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!