I had a dream of the chaos that was NY City two days before the attack. I had a hard time making sense of the images I'd seen in my dream and of the feeling of dread I had when I woke up from my nightmare at 4am. Sept 11 was the one month anniversary of arriving for two years as a teacher in Istanbul, Turkey at Uskudar American Academy.
We had just finished our teaching day (7 hours ahead of Eastern Time in the US), and gathered in one teacher's living room at the the teacher housing apartment building. We sat stunned as we saw the second plane crash into tower of the WTC. Later I found out I knew someone (Berry Perkins) who had been in on of those planes! All the local merchants and the Turkish teachers at our school were horrified by what had happened and said things to the effect of "This is NOT Islam." All of them said how sorry they were for this terrible event.
Today I watched the ceremonies for 2.5 hours. My biggest regret is that Bush - W - was at the helm. I can't help but wonder how different the world would be today if Al Gore had been our president at the time - all the lives that would have been saved and all the money that could have been spent building instead of waring. We are a sadder and poorer nation due to the reaction in Washington DC at that time.
Bin Laden was right - he has destroyed us - but only because of the mismanagement and thus the cooperation of our leaders who were so lacking in integrity at that time. Still, the message of healing was strong today from NY City and the memorial is beautiful and an appropriate tribute. Rest in peace for those killed that day and - Live in hope especially for the family members and those of us who have moved through and beyond tho sad days. May God guide us to refocus on a wiser and kinder future! Peace. B
Sunday, September 11, 2011
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