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A Day Defining

A fitting tribute
I'm not sure there is such a thing.  
All I know is the story still haunts me.
I remember that day....
I went to class that morning just as I did every day.
But that fateful Tuesday, wasn't like any other day....

"A plane crashed" I heard the man on the radio say...
Probably just a small prop on a foggy morning...

No

Big

Deal...

Off to class, papers are due
But something was different, something I couldn't quite put my finger on
As I walked out of class, I looked up
Five circular streamers graced the sky
Strange...I thought as I walked on, failing to rationalize the inconsistency in my mind.

I walked through the hallway, what's this...a group of onlookers,
I enter.
A Television...
Such a common invention displaying an uncommon sight.
The buildings on fire, hundreds of terrified people leaping to their deaths

Their screams, their dresses, skirts and suits flittering through the air with their lifeless bodies...
I wish I could erase that image.

Then as the buildings came crashing down with my tears
I had one thought
Oh God...there are people in there!
Oh God, no! Is this real?

As I look back now, I guess what I hate the most is the since of normalcy the world has assigned to that day.
But there is nothing normal about it.
I want to write a fitting tribute,
But the truth is
No tribute is fitting enough.
The best tribute is to live

And 

Never

Forget.

Author notes

This is my best attempt at a tribute to the victims of 9/11. It's a day I know I'll never forget. I was 20 years old. These are my heros. Also, just a side note, my Sister in law is currently serving in Kandahar, Afghanistan. She'll return in September.

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  • Talking Toni gold member
    July 15, 2008

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    You Are Right...

    There are no fitting words, but if there were yours would be about the closest...such raw emotion runs through your account of that dreadful day...I wrote a tribute for 9/11 called "I Will Always remember" If you care to take a read...Thanks so much fro your entry and the best of luck in my contest!!!~~Toni~~


  • TabbyJoy
    February 14, 2008

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    Awesome

    This is really good Churt! I know you didn't think it was that great, but it truly is. The way you didn't try too hard to make it "perfect," instead just saying what you felt...Well, it was more appropriate I think. Fantastic. DON'T change a thing, princess.


  • William Vercelli
    February 14, 2008
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    You've described this so unbelievably vividly. I think we ALL remember what we were doing on that day. I could see it really playing in my mind reading this. You've described it very narratively. I love the gaps in between too as you work out in your head what is going on especially "no big deal". Very well done.

    will X


  • Zixaphir
    February 13, 2008

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    ...Wow, I'm struck through the heart with a terror of heartache. First couple of lines, and I knew what had happened, I'm sure we ALL remember. Very good write, very emotion pulling, bringing back so many memories, so many thoughts I wished I'd never thought, so much trauma. So... many... people... I never had the chance to meet.