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September 8, 2006
Peggy Noonan on 9/11
If you haven't yet read Peggy Noonan's piece today on the Sounds of 9/11, I recommend reading it now. it's a moving look at what was important on that day:
Elizabeth Rivas saw it that way too. When her husband left for the World Trade Center that morning, she went to a laundromat, where she heard the news. She couldn't reach him by cell and rushed home. He'd called at 9:02 and reached her daughter. The child reported, "He say, mommy, he say he love you no matter what happens, he loves you." He never called again. Mrs. Rivas later said, "He tried to call me. He called me."
The stories are heartbreaking and yet beautiful. People thought not of themselves, but of their loved ones. As Peggy Noonan puts it:
These were people saying, essentially, In spite of my imminent death, my thoughts are on you, and on love. I asked a psychiatrist the other day for his thoughts, and he said the people on the planes and in the towers were "accepting the inevitable" and taking care of "unfinished business." "At death's door people pass on a responsibility--'Tell Billy I never stopped loving him and forgave him long ago.' 'Take care of Mom.' 'Pray for me, Father. Pray for me, I haven't been very good.' " They address what needs doing.
Go read all of it. As we approach 9/11 of this year, we need to pause and reflect on that day and the lives lost.
God bless,
Jay
Posted by jay at September 8, 2006 9:28 AM
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