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I wrote a poem the day after 9/11 to express my distress at the events of that fateful day.I have just discovered your organisation and would like to submit it as a memorial.

Where were you on 9/11 ?

Where were you that fateful day?

When death flew from a clear blue sky

To raise two towers to the ground

They raced to save those trapped above

Those firemen driven on by love.

Did your face contort in disbelief ?

As images came over ethereal waves

The noise, the dust the cries of men

Then anger, sorrow grief and shame

All mixed together gave us pain

I saw the woman standing in a hole

Made by a wing through glass and stone

What thoughts were in her fearful mind ?

As death was suddenly by her side

There was no refuge, no place to hide

Then people fell like falling rain

Their frail bodies slamming into the ground

I cannot imagine their last thoughts

Perhaps the angels took their hands

They came from many different lands

What kind of men can plot such deeds

They dupe the common man

They are evil and know no god

Their souls are bound for eternal hell

They will not hear the heavenly bell

Revenge is sweet the saying goes

The bombs rain down and meet out death

To those who embrace the evil ways

God did guide us in our quest

To find the plotters and the rest

The world will never be the same

No matter what your creed or land

Somehow you will be touched by this event

Lord shine upon us with thy face

So this world may be a better place