The whole major problem in handling the crisis was the utter inability for anyone to comprehend the vast scope of the attack on America.
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Watching a tape of an A&E program yesterday, Anatomy of 9-11, I was struck again by the same fact. People inside the towers could communicate with loved ones by celphone like passengers on Flight 93 could, but rescuers could not communicate with each other effectively. Some of the people in the North Tower did not even know that the South Tower had fallen. Two workers happened to find an intact stairway, never met another soul on their trip down 89 flights, and had no way of sharing that info. And of course, supervisors could not reach the fireman who had gone up into the towers to tell them they had to get out.
Shock probably played a part too.
But it is to the credit to all Americans that they could not even comprehend such an attack. It tells us such attacks are not part of their being and we in no way felt such an attack was forthcoming or justified.
Yet, the muslim terrorists live, eat, and pray for such attacks.
I can't imagine having a god that is served by such acts of cruelty. Love is just not a part of their being.
They are a people to be pitied when they worship at the altar of death, torture, beheadings, and terror. Who would they torture, behead, and enact terror on should they rule the land?
Yet, we have a God that teaches "do unto others", "if you love Me you will keep my commandments", "as you do unto the least of these, you do unto Me".
We are so blessed.