Beautiful Day
It's a beautiful day, I am reflecting on another day,
A word, or a sound or a statement can bring a tear
And all the memories flood back..........
God, it is such a beautiful day I wish I wasn't going to work.
'Hello! How are you ? Have a good ride.'It is so pretty out here"
'Hey, Some idiot flew his plane into the World Trade Center'
Too bad - a small tragedy, these things happen.
Probably a couple people have died, how sad
I wonder what happened?
Blah Blah the workday drones for a few minutes.
'Oh my God it was a passenger jet''...
God it was a passenger jet''.......
A passenger jet'
Several voices all at once
'There is another plane',
'Oh My God Oh My God Oh God...
'It just hit it
I can't believe this
This is crazy!
And now there is another plane somewhere
In Pennsylvania
and the Pentagon - the Pentagon
My client..................
'Wake up, please answer. turn on the TV,
Please call me, PLEASE!- it is important,
Something awful has happened,
Turn on the TV
'I love you, please call right away.
''Nanny, are you OK?
Have you seen the news?
I love you!
''Hello? Is your friend OK?
''Hello?; I love you - its on the news - ALL the news -
What?
''It fell''
What fell?
''It fell, it just fell''
WHAT FELL?
''One of the towers, it fell, just pancaked.''
There is another plane - over Pennsylvania
Please pay attention - They got New York - They got DC
What if they want to take away something historic?
What if
they want to destroy places that mean Freedom to US!
Philadelphia.
'We are so close to Philadelphia
And New York
In between
I am trapped.
'The other one is going down, the other one is going down
It just fell down right now'
'I love you, I have to call others.
Yes, their friend,
American Airlines, he flys for them
Yes, their friend,
American Airlines, he flys for them
I love you
I will call you back
Please call me if you hear more
Wait - go to the bank - go now
In case.
Get money - not all, just some -
Just in case, and fill your gas tank
And get some water from the store
NOW please go now
-Everyone will be going soon
''Hello are you OK?
I know you are so close to the Pentagon
''I am fine, we felt the impact - I have to go
Traffic is gridlock, panic'
Its 3:00 p.m. now: We know so much already about who
I can't stay anymore - I have to go
I have to see my husband - I have to hug him
I just need to go
I NEED TO GO
Sirens everywhere
Jets flying overhead - we are less than an hour away
Go - its OK
The sirens and the jets
No road rage that day.
Everyone was calm'
You need to be in the other lane, no problem - go ahead.'
The police are at the Mosque.
Oh God this is what they want
They want us to hate, that is the real goal.
I am home, I hug my husband and my dog
I call my parents and grandmother
I tell everyone I love them.
The world has changed
It was such a beautiful day.....
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A friend of a friend was on vacation from his job as an American Airlines pilot based in Newark NJ- he is alive today.
A friends' aunt did not come home that night, they never found her body, she is missed greatly.
Another friends' niece, a young girl just starting out, is alive today but she jogged out of Lower Manhattan while body parts fell around her. She is alive - but my God what memories she has to live with
I am just one of so many who will write today. There probably isn't a definition for the number of people who will express themselves on this most awful of anniversaries. My thoughts may be profound to no one and to everyone on this day.
They are important to me.
It is the first time I wrote it down - I am so lucky that I did not lose family or friend this time. My friends did. There is nothing you can say to someone to ease that pain. We must not forget this day
By the way - it is a beautiful day today, tell someone you love them, never assume there will be more time, because horrible things can happen on the most beautiful days.
Peace to everone, especially those who grieve in rememberance today, may you find the strength in the fond memories you hold of your loved ones.
