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Louisiana's Thoughts And Musings: Remembering September 11, 2001. by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
Louisiana's reflections on a horrible day in history...
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Love You, Miss You. ... by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A husband remembers his wife by writing a letter to her, nearly ten years after she died in the terror attacks on September 11, 2001.
Image of American flag (c) 2011, by Karla Dorman...
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M'Buti Remembers 9/11/01, Seven Years Later by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
M'Buti tries to cope with flashbacks of when she lost her best friend in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001...
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M'Buti Remembers, 11 Years Later ... by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
M'Buti remembers her friend, who died in the terrorist attacks 11 years ago today...
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M'buti's Musings--The Day Before, 2002 by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
Dated: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 (the day before the 1-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks on America)
This is M'buti again. I am in New York City as I write this; I am at the hotel, numb with grief. We (meaning my husband, Roberto, my deceased friend's parents, and myself) just go..
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M'buti's Musings: A Year Later... by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
September 9, 2002:
This is M'buti again. In just two more days marks the one-year anniversary of what happened last year. On September 11, 2001, we were attacked by terrorists, and, as a result, many innocent people died at the hand of those responsible. Buildings also fell (The World Tr..
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M'Kaya's Steps Towards Healing--Part One by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
M'Kaya Mnjama (pronounced Em-in-jah-mah) is a friend of mommy's. She was a patient that mommy took care of for a long time. (She just recently got out of the hospital and returned to New York City, where she's from.)
M'Kaya is African-American--that is, she was BORN in America, but her pa..
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M'Kaya's Steps Towards Healing--Part Two by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
M'Kaya Mnjama was true to her word--she DID return to "her beloved New York City"--, but it was an altogether different New York City from the one she had been accustomed to: it really bothered her not seeing the two Twin Towers gracing the city skyline. Each look at the missing towers was like an..
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Memories of 911! by Claire Power Murphy, HonDL
Memories of 9/11!
http://pageonelit.com/Tragedy/ClairePowerMurphy.html
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Mick Jagger Showed the Irish his ass. London got dropped from Derry. by Dr. Patrick ODougherty
This is a very famous Rock-N-Roll Story. Mick Jagger showed the Irish his ass. Thanks Mick Jagger. London is dropped from London Derry. The Irish founded London. ..
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My Dad, The Policeman...(By Gabriel Torres, Aged 11) (Part One) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A young boy writes of his father, a policeman, who died while trying to rescue people during the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001...
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Neverending Anguish: Post-September 11, 2001. (By M'Kaya) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
M'Kaya Jefferson, herself a survivor of the attacks, reflects on that horrible day...
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No One Has Been Left Untouched... by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A widow still has horrific flashbacks even nearly eight years later after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Her husband, a firefighter, died when the towers collapsed; he was caught in the rubble; by the time they found him, it was too late.
Image (C) 2009, Karla Dorman...
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Panorama by Nickolaus Pacione
div align=justify>font face="times new roman">Introduction from author: I wrote this one on A href="http://nickolaus.diary-x.com/journal.cgi?entry=20011122">November 22, 2001/a>, it was from a nightmare I had after September 11th. I was almost on one of the flights and this is one of the drea..
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Permission to Grieve by Cherie Drew
Why is it that we think it is required that we be strong after the loss of our loved ones? Where is it written that we must “hold up”? What does it mean to hold up anyway? I guess it is the opposite of “fall apart.” Well, I fell apart. I realized that I was not as strong as people thought; they
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REMEMBER SEPTEMBER 11th by Cherie Drew
I just released a book called the “The Widow’s Might”. It is a survivor’s guide, if you would, about the strength God has given me in the restoration of my life after the death of two husbands. (Both Military) While book signing at the AAFES on Fort Hood, Texas, I was introduced to the plight of ..
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Remembering 7 Years Later: by Ronee' Le-Anne (age 15 1/2) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
Ronee' Reaux's school assignment...
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Remembering Raymond, My Firefighter Hero. (Part One) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A very angry woman remembers her uncle who died while trying to rescue people from the Twin Towers nearly nine years ago...
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Remembering The Attacks: We Must NOT Forget! (By Johnny, aged 14 1/2) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
Johnny Sandusky writes about September 11, 2001, in the form of a letter to America and her people...
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Remembering, 10 Years Later. ... (By Johnathon Sandusky) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
Johnathon Sandusky shares his feelings about what happened ten years ago today, when our nation as we know it was forever changed...
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Remembering, Seven Years Later. (By M'Kaya Jefferson) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
M'Kaya Jefferson reflects on a horrible day in history that's changed the world as we once knew it. She was a survivor of the attacks; she was in the Twin Towers that day, working, and she got out before they were attacked. She still feels remorse, anger, bitterness...
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Reopening Old Wounds: Johnathon's 9/11/01 Musings, Nine Years Later. by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
Johnathon reflects and remembers what happened nine years ago today...
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Reposts: A Child's Letter To The World Trade Centers--Parts One, Two, and Three by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
Here are three stories I did last year about September 11, 2001.
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Return of a Stranger by John Bidwell
A man we used to see comes back...
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Ronee' 's September 11 Story by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
I remember September 11, 2001--and it is a day I'd much rather forget (but, somehow, I CAN'T). Just the day before we got a new kid in our class, and the kid happened to be Arabic. (Fahid's her name.) The next day, Mrs. Hemingway told us what had happened, and I felt physically sick to my stomach..
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Sept 14th, 2001, Ghosts of Terrorism by Nickolaus Pacione
I wrote this one a little bit after September 11th, happened and was going to convention next month. This was a passage from my online journal and it is one of the ones that is the most personal to me because this was about the time when I had no idea were my friends in New York City were, and the n..
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September 11, 2001, Eight Years Later: A Time Of Grief (And Even Some Joy) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
M'Kaya reflects and remembers on a day that changed the lives of Americans and those abroad forever. This day is especially hard for her because she barely got out of the Twin Towers, where she worked, and she also lost co-workers in the attack. She must once again be forced to remember the atroc..
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September 11--Have We Learned Anything? (By Ronee', aged 10 1/2) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
My second September 11 story for this year. I want to try to remember the horror of that day and understand why we are fighting with Iraq or with those who support terrorism.
I wish I could put a picture of the Twin Towers to go along with this story, but I haven't figured out how do so. If..
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Stefan Franklin Jefferson Writes ... (Entry One) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
Ten-year-old Stefan Franklin Jefferson (son of M'Kaya and Franklin) writes his feelings about September 11, 2001...
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Stephanie Green's Legacy: Her September 11 Story by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
This is M'buti Ayala Moore-Sormiento talking.
I had a friend who worked at the World Trade Centers in New York City, but she died on September 11, 2001, when the World Trade Centers were attacked by evil-minded terrorists; the buildings burned and then collapsed less than an hour after plan..
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Taliban by Kay Durden
Story about my first trip on an airplane
after 911...
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Tears For America--9-11 Memories (By Barbara) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
I sit here at the computer today, trying to think of how to start my homework assignment. This assignment is for English class, and we have to write about September 11 and the terrorist attacks that happened here in America last year.
We can write poetry, essays, or do a report--or even a ..
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Tears Of Rememberance. (By Johnathon, aged 15 1/2) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
Johnathon writes about his experiences of that dark Tuesday seven years ago.
May we NEVER forget!! And God bless America again!!..
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The Day America Was Wounded.: September 11, 2001. (Ronee' Remembers.) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
Ronee' Reaux recalls what happened that horrible day.
Image of night time lightning (c) September 11, 2010, by Karla Dorman...
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The Day I Finally Cried...An Essay (By Ronee' Le-Anne Reaux, Aged 14 1/2) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A teenaged girl is asked to write about what she remembers most about September 11, 2001, as part of a writing assignment for Creative Writing class at her school...
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The Ice Queen, Or, The continuing Killing Madness by US Authorities by Tova Gabrielle
[Note: Even the Unitarian Church, known for offering political asylumn couldn't save my son's friend, Woody from the fatal solution to his pleas for sanctuary, after calling 911 and bringing in the gun-happy Brattleboro Vermont policemen; following 9/11...]
Tuesday, December ..
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The Meaning of Freedom by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
Our freedom was sorely tested on September 11, and now, nearly 10 months later, our freedom still remains under constant threat from further terrorist attacks.
We are a nation at war with an unseen force, a nation at war with those who hate America and what it stands for. We are at war bec..
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The Ronee' Files: September 11, 2001, Eight Years Later--Remembering... by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
Ronee' Le-Anne Reaux reflects on a day that changed America forever and wonders if anyone has learned anything from the painful lessons of the past.
God bless America again and may we never forget!!
Image (C) 2009, Karla Dorman...
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The Ronee' Files: May We Never Forget ... (9/11/01, Nearly 11 Years Later) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
Ronee' Le-Anne Reaux writes about September 11, 2001 and how she still remembers that day...
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The Uneaten Meal by Micki Peluso
This is a part fiction, part true story of one of the most horrific days in our history. All the facts surrounding that day are true--I lived it. The fictional part examines what might have gone on in the mind of one of the victims during his last minutes of life...
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The Year Everything Changed. .... by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A woman who lost her policeman husband in the terrorist attacks on the United States remembers her husband and the anniversary of that terrible day...
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Too Young To Understand...(By Ronee', aged 10 1/2) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A young girl comes to grips over what happened on September 11, 2001, and what she remembers most about that horrible day...
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Tortured Dreams: M'Buti Reflects And Remembers 9/11/01 by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
M'Buti remembers her friend who died in the towers nearly nine years ago and feels a sense of renewed anger and anguish.
Image (C) 2007, by Karla Dorman...
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True Life-Never Forget- A Poem Actually by Richard Kallao
Never forget Sept 11 .
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Trying To Be Brave: By Ronee' Le-Anne Reaux, Aged 11 1/2 by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A little girl writes about one of the hardest things she has ever had to do: sing at a memorial service for the victims of September 11, 2001. ..
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Two Years Later: A Letter To The World Trade Centers (By M'buti) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
M'buti Moore-Sormiento records her thoughts about September 11, 2001, in a letter to the fallen World Trade Center Towers...
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Unforgettable Images by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
Written on Tuesday, September 10, 2002:
This is Louisiana writing. I am writing about our nation as the anniversary date of what took place last year fast approaches. The date I am referring to is, of course, September 11, 2001, the day our great nation was attacked by cowardly terrorists..
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Unseen Crumbling by Nickolaus Pacione
div align="justify">It had been eleven days from the morning that had left this place in horror, and as I am writing this — this would actually be the first time that I had managed to get a descent rest in the two weeks. My emotional health is sometimes in question when I had asked if some of my co..
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Waiting For My Uncle: A Child's September 11 Story. For Karen Palumbo. by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A young boy is worried about his uncle, a firefighter, who has gone to help people trapped in the ruins of what was once the World Trade Center Towers after terrorists struck on that unforgettable day.
*Always remember and never forget! I certainly won't! >tears!*..
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What Can Be Said? by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A young man in his mid 20's writes of September 11, 2001, and how it has affected him emotionally and physically...
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