The Tragedy of 11 September

by BlackJack

When I first heard of what had happened, and turned on the television, I was just in shock. Watching the World Trade Center burning was one of the most awful things I have seen, and then as I watched in horror, another jetliner crashed into the second tower. Seeing that happen right there, live, was the most surreal thing I have ever seen.

As I watched the events unfolding, even more horror was to come, as suddenly one tower bagan imploding on itself. I was just sickened thinking of all those humans, who had gone to work that morning, and would never be going home to their loving families. When the second tower collapsed, it was almost more than I could bear.

Seeing our Pentagon burning just made me sick, the heart of the military and it was on fire. What kind of nuts would do such a thing?

As I heard of the brave passengers that had caused their plane to crash into a field in Pennsylvania, I knew they were all heroes who sacrificed their lives to save those that were targeted in some other important building.

This horrible attack made me feel sad all over, a very deep sadness at the loss of so many lives, and the loss of something special in our country. The loss of innocence, the loss of control, the sudden feeling of vulnerability was so frightening. This day was the most frightening and shocking of my life, made so real by watching so much of it live on television, like a terrible movie, only realizing this was reality, a horrible reality. I purr for our country, and hope that justice will be done to those who assaulted America that day, and hope never to see such images again.