Three years have rolled by, new issues have come up,
new battle lines are drawn, life goes on -
rarely do we pause to remember those poor souls who
died on September 11th 2001.
Hillary Clinton had remarked at that time"All they did
was go to work". Like them, my wife and I had also
gone to work that day to downtown Manhatten. Only we
were 3 blocks away from the WTC, and so we could walk
out alive, so many that day were not so lucky - a grim
reminder of the evil in the world we live in today.
The proximity to the tragedy makes it all the more
personal to me.
Those who died that day were not Christians, Muslims,
Jews or Hindus, they were human beings, it was a
tragic loss of so much human lives - what a colossal
waste!!
The great tragedy gave way to a remarkable sense of
solidarity and character in the whole world as
everyone stood behind America condemning terrorism and
vowing to root out the terrorists.
The world changed after Sept 11th, my wife and I
remember over and over how lucky we are to be alive in
the world today, to have been able to walk out without
a scratch out of lower Manhatten on Sept 11th 2001. We
thank God for being alive this day.Perhaps life has
become that much more precious for us after that day.
We remember those poor souls who could not make it
that day.
I remember seeing WTC on fire from our boss's window
and thinking that perhaps it was some fire from one of
the floors that just went a bit out of control.
I remember being skeptical when someone said that a
plane crashed into the WTC.
I remember the loud sound of the second plane hitting
the South Tower.
I remember the loud sound that shook the ground, that
was the sound of the South tower coming down.
On coming out of the building I remember the low
visibility, the rain of rubble all around and not
having the slightest clue of what was wrong!
From the Brooklyn Bridge I remember seeing only one
tower and thinking that perhaps the other one was
blocked from view from that angle; then soon, seeing
that lone (North) tower come down as a pack of cards
and downtown Manhatten engulfed in a even thicker
cloud of rubble and dirt.
Electricity was out in our offices for a week, and a
week later, I remember the stench and the layer of
smoke that still covered downtown Manhatten.
These are pictures etched to memory.This is perhaps
the worst human tragedy in our times, certainly the
most televised tragedy ever.
It was religious fanatics misled by a mission for
"Holy Jehad" that caused this most inhuman tragedy.
We, in our own small way, contribute to religious
fanaticism by harbouring indifference, intolerance -
if not open hatred, for other religions.
We need to consciously build an environment of
love,respect and good-will for other religions.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndianOrthodox/message/8432
new battle lines are drawn, life goes on -
rarely do we pause to remember those poor souls who
died on September 11th 2001.
Hillary Clinton had remarked at that time"All they did
was go to work". Like them, my wife and I had also
gone to work that day to downtown Manhatten. Only we
were 3 blocks away from the WTC, and so we could walk
out alive, so many that day were not so lucky - a grim
reminder of the evil in the world we live in today.
The proximity to the tragedy makes it all the more
personal to me.
Those who died that day were not Christians, Muslims,
Jews or Hindus, they were human beings, it was a
tragic loss of so much human lives - what a colossal
waste!!
The great tragedy gave way to a remarkable sense of
solidarity and character in the whole world as
everyone stood behind America condemning terrorism and
vowing to root out the terrorists.
The world changed after Sept 11th, my wife and I
remember over and over how lucky we are to be alive in
the world today, to have been able to walk out without
a scratch out of lower Manhatten on Sept 11th 2001. We
thank God for being alive this day.Perhaps life has
become that much more precious for us after that day.
We remember those poor souls who could not make it
that day.
I remember seeing WTC on fire from our boss's window
and thinking that perhaps it was some fire from one of
the floors that just went a bit out of control.
I remember being skeptical when someone said that a
plane crashed into the WTC.
I remember the loud sound of the second plane hitting
the South Tower.
I remember the loud sound that shook the ground, that
was the sound of the South tower coming down.
On coming out of the building I remember the low
visibility, the rain of rubble all around and not
having the slightest clue of what was wrong!
From the Brooklyn Bridge I remember seeing only one
tower and thinking that perhaps the other one was
blocked from view from that angle; then soon, seeing
that lone (North) tower come down as a pack of cards
and downtown Manhatten engulfed in a even thicker
cloud of rubble and dirt.
Electricity was out in our offices for a week, and a
week later, I remember the stench and the layer of
smoke that still covered downtown Manhatten.
These are pictures etched to memory.This is perhaps
the worst human tragedy in our times, certainly the
most televised tragedy ever.
It was religious fanatics misled by a mission for
"Holy Jehad" that caused this most inhuman tragedy.
We, in our own small way, contribute to religious
fanaticism by harbouring indifference, intolerance -
if not open hatred, for other religions.
We need to consciously build an environment of
love,respect and good-will for other religions.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndianOrthodox/message/8432
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