A Few of FR's Finest...Every Day...09-10-04....September 11, 2001 - A Day To Remember

Aquamarine, NickNamedBob

[Aquamarine]

World Trade Center
New York City

Towers of Life

They stood hushed and glimmering in the night,
Giants able to frame the moon,
Slumbering magnificently in their might.

Day breaks and the sun gently warms their skin,
Veins begin to pulse with life,
The spirit of a thousand of kin.

Evil tears towards them through the brilliant morning sky,
Propelled by the blackest of hate,
Guided by a lie.

Barely risen they stand with no defense,
Innocent and distracted they are not prepared,
The pain about to be inflicted intense.

Like a bolt of lighting that shatters the morn,
Evil crashes once then twice into their sides,
Their bodies are scorched and torn.

Horribly crippled they continue to stand,
Holding onto life until the last,
Orders are given, they take the command.

The battle is brief, the giants begin to yield,
Life drains from every artery,
Their fate is sealed.

Collapsing to zero,
First to one knee then to the next,
From their dust will emerge so many a hero.

The question is asked,
How can such evil exist.

- JDK

In Memory of Lives Lost
September 11, 2001

Keeper of the Stars

(music)

Pentagon - Washington D.C.

When Worlds Collide

When hatred, like a cancer cell, learns to spread its seed,
The whole world is the patient, and global is the need.
A force for evil is unleashed, that tears at peaceful hearts,
And those who worship evil learn the darkest of its arts.

The wills that seek to rise above the mundane plows they share,
And forces that can lift them and propel them in the air,
Are beaten into weapons which can strike a deadly blow,
A dragon’s breath which rains its death on innocents below.

The world awakened slowly to the peril at its door,
And had difficulty focusing on hurt that was in store.
It took two blows to understand the treachery that came,
And just a little longer then to know what was to blame.

Yet another part of the attack was on a star,
Whose light was meant to warn us when a threat came from afar.
Already we were moving to deflect the serpent’s fangs,
But not before its target had begun to feel the pangs.

Though thousands were before it when it sought to hit the mark,
Only hundreds were imperiled as it struck out of the dark.
Only hundreds, only hundreds. Even one would be too many,
In the listings of the victims we’d prefer there weren’t any.

The poison seed of hatred has infected normal men,
And turned them into demons who can not return again.
These demons would attack the very angels in the air,
And plunge them like a dagger at the ones for whom they care.

This is now a battle unlike any seen on Earth,
And we are now the witnesses for Satan at his birth.
Conventional responses will be laughed at by his spawn,
Just as fire is not weakened by the coming of the dawn.

Truth shall be our weapon, that all people should be free,
We can’t be safe ourselves ’til we secure their liberty.
Let every father’s son know that the world is his to love,
Or judgment will be swift and it will come from up above.

We must call the angels down, and interrupt their chorus,
And none of us can shirk the daunting task that lies before us,
For we have witnessed evil done and know who must be blamed,
And we must fight the hatred that has Heaven now inflamed.

NicknamedBob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 30, 2004

Field in Pennsylvania

Love Takes Flight

These woods have forged some heroes, in fields and in the sky,
The kind who, when the moment came, were not afraid to die.
The morning had been peaceful, and then misfortune fell,
Their quiet journey shattered by a mind-disrupting yell.

They learned their lives were forfeit in a game with global stakes,
And they decided they would win, no matter what it takes.
They could have been some victims Best Known Only by the toll,
Except they chose to make a stand, and by their words, “Let’s Roll!”

Against the soulless demons, they flung themselves in rage,
And with the courage born of love changed wording on the page.
Their gentle souls were purged of pain in hammer blows and flame,
But none would ever dare to say they did not win the game.

NicknamedBob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September 7, 2004

Keep them in your heart.

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[mathluv]

Neal Cauto's show will be live from Ground Zero on Saturday. Ollie's War Stories on Sunday will be about the training being given to first responders. Fox will have specials. I wonder what cbs will do.

[Aquamarine]

Today, our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist acts.

That speech brings back so many emotional memories.

[Aquamarine]

Once things settle down for us, I hope to be back fairly regularly.

That sounds great!

Have missed keeping up with the forgeries story being so busy with John's essay and this 911 post this week. Thanks for the link, that should help.

[Gabz]

Ivan the terrible looks like it's living up to it's name.

I'm not in any projected path, but being on the east coast only 15 miles inland I do like to keep an eye on them. Also I found great comfort from FReepers last year in the leadup to and aftermath of Isabel that I am just trying to return the favor.

[Aquamarine]

I'm sure FOX will do a good job of covering this subject.
I gave up on watching CBS years ago.

[The Mayor]

September 20, 01 9 pm
Address to a Joint Session of Congress and the American People

This speech is to long to post but I have it in my website..

[Gabz]

Shortly after the 1 year anniversary, my SIL gave me a book titled "What We Saw." It is a compilation of mostly reporters' words from that morning and the days following put together by (of all places) CBS.

I guess I've read it 100 times since then, but I have never been able to bring myself to watch the DVD that came with it. I'm going to try and watch it either tonight after the yung'un is asleep or tomorrow after hubby takes her to the playground.

[Aquamarine]

Have never been through a hurricane although I remember alot of excitement and boarding up of windows during a visit with my relatives in Jacksonville, Fla. back when I was a girl, can't remember the name of that hurricane but it did miss Jacksonville.
Have been through a tornado and know how frightening that can be.
We do get the remnants of those hurricanes alot of times here in the North GA mountains, Opal tore this area up back in the early 90's, took alot of our oldest trees down.

[dansangel]

Thought I would share this phone conversation that .45MAN just had with the FL DOT:

.45MAN: Hi - I'm checking the availability of gasoline on the Florida Turnpike.

State DOT person: Right now there is plenty of availability. May I ask why?

.45MAN: My wife and I are moving to Palm Beach County on Monday.

State DOT person: (amid peals of laghter) Are you out of your minds??? I can give you the Crisis Intervention phone number if you'd like!

Note: Unlike John Kerry, I am NOT making this up folks! :-)

[Gabz]

You are so correct.

God Bless them and God Bless America.

[The Mayor]

It would be interesting to hear your review after..

[Aquamarine]

Thanks for bringing these important speeches back around for us today.

[FreedomPoster]

ouch!

[Aquamarine]

lol Please don't go yet....wait a few more days.

[The Mayor]

Wow!

I just spoke to my brother, it took 4 different cell phone calls to get the whole story.

He lives just outside of Orlando, he is alright but very concerned about Ivan and said that another is right behind that called "Ten" ?

He is not sure what he is going to do.
Prayers for him and all....

[Gabz]

I spent all of my summers though the 1970s on the west coast of Florida, but it wasn't until I moved to Delaware that I ever had to deal with a hurricane (Gloria).

If you remember reading "Misty of Chincoteague" when you were young, you will get a good idea of where I live now....in fact hubby and I are going to be going over to chincoteague Island this afternoon for our first Friday afternoon "date" without the little one since June!!!

[Gabz]

That is funny!!!!!!!!

[Aquamarine]

God Bless Our Military ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Below are names of some of our FReepers' loved ones who are serving our country. If you have someone you would like to add, please address a post to Billie; Mama_Bear; Dutchess; Aquamarine and we will add their name to this list. As we pray for them, we pray also for all our nation's leaders, and military personnel, and their families and friends. May God hold them close to His heart.

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We ask Lord, that You guide the leaders of our great country in their hour of decision. The burden that has been placed on their shoulders is overwhelming. We ask that with Your infinite wisdom You guide them gently to the right decisions.

Please give us the strength, Lord, to get through each difficult and devastating day that faces each of us and our country. Protect and guide our Military that are now being called to duty, strengthen them in their trials and temptations; give them courage to face the perils which beset them; and grant them a sense of your abiding presence wherever they may be; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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OhioWfan........................son mystery-ak..........son, husband Gogrammy................grandson Inspectorette...................son Blessed American..........nephew Slip18..........................nephew anniegetyourgun...........nephew Doug from Upland......son-in-law weldgophardline.....brotherinlaw Future Snake Eater..........cousin WaterDragon..son-in-law,grandson BeforeISleep...................son The Mayor........................niece LadyX.........................grandson fawn796.....................nephew ValerieUSA................2 sons Warrior Nurse...........active duty SK1 Thurman...........active duty David Osborne.........active duty fc2tomschermuly......active duty bkwells..................activve duty LongCut..................active duty Trish.......................active duty StarCMC.........brother Atomic Conspiracy............half-brother....niece....nephew TexKat......son.....and stepson ODC-GIRL............active duty cookcounty................son Donaeus..............nephew thumperusn...........active duty katykelly..................son Notwithstanding.....active duty Lakeside................two sons Q6-God and twin brother...active duty cjk................active duty philman_36...........2 nephews Veloxherc.................active duty WVNan................friend's son mrstank...............husband Conspiracy Guy........two nephews lula...................son-in-law eaglesiniowa...............son

Pippin.......niece, loved one, .............nephew and fiancee Maigrey................cousin ladtx....................2 sons Mama_Bear...........2 nephews gator girl............husband severa................husband, brother Hostel....................cousin MozartLover......son, nephew LBGA........................son SpookBrat........nephew and cousin Himyar.....................son boxerblues............2 sons the piper...................son sheeza...............husband kemathen7...........husband Tiffee4Bob.......boyfriend Diver Dave.......niece, nephew deadhead................cousin JimRobinson.....2 nephews Armymarinemom.....3 sons Consort..2 daughters,son-in-law Darheel..................niece dixie sass.............nephew BeAllYouCanBe.........son AgThorn...............2 sons homeschoolmama.......nephew kneezles.................son kimmie7..............brother Spruce..............daughter visualops.................cousin Dubya...................nephew SunflowerGal..........grandson AF_Blue.............active duty RoseBear...........cousin's husband Redhead....step granddaughter and her fiance RepubMommy.................brother Alouette..................son american_ranger..............son auboy..................cousin spotbus1..................husband jamaly............brother in law

[Gabz]

If I make it through a viewing I will be sure to let you know.

I do not want my daughter around when I watch it. She was only 3 then, but remembers the aftermath rather vividly.

At the time we lived in one of the flight patterns of the C-5s stationed at Dover Air Force Base. The silence in the following days was so horribly eerie. The only air traffic I heard were the choppers bringing the remains from the Pentagon to the morque.

I'm crying again just typing this.

[Gabz]

I will definitely add your brother to my prayers. I have family in Sarasota, but they are a good ways inland. But friends in Bradenton live right on the water.