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WTC...written on the first anniversary of 9/11

I awoke to the sound of shouting outside my door
Turned the tv on, and stood there rooted to the floor
By the beauty of the airplane's graceful flying
And the burning buildings along the river's shore

I stayed home and cried, just watching throughout the day
Trying to find an answer, or the words with which to pray
Could almost hear the sound of the people dying
In the burning buildings seen from across the bay

Heard his voice break, the children sitting by his knee
What will become of them all, down in the land of the free
All around the world, people are crying
As the burning buildings collapse into debris

Please someone explain it to me, if you think you can
What drives someone to do these things to their fellow man
In that moment there was no way of denying
That the burning buildings made us all American