Today, it all changed
I know all the history
The wars fought and won
I know the stories
Of the patriotism that drove the soldiers on
I knew, but could not comprehend
What it really was
Until my country was attacked

In a single instant everything was changed
Not just for me, but the entire world
A thousand voices silenced forever
A divided people
United
A common cause, a common grief
They killed our own
In the name of what?
How many people died today?
Their families left to mourn?

September 11, 2001
History will remember
The tragedy that struck the world
Those lives that ended
Will not be forgotten
Cannot be forgotten
Their memory will live on

What happened today was unspeakable evil,
A terrorist attack on the American People.
The World Trade Center, and it's Twin Towers tall,
Were crashed into by planes, and made violently fall.
Not long after this horrendous attack,
Once again the world was taken aback.
In Washington, people watched with remorse,
As a plane hit the Pentagon with incredible force.
So many innocent lives blown away,
What is the reason? No one can say.
Our whole way of life, shot up in a flame,
And we have no one to yell at, and no one to blame.

Peace
Silence
Serenity
Clear blue skies
Beautiful day
Threats
Screams
Theft
Fear
Fire
Death
Pain
Suffering
Chaos
Destruction
Terror
Shambles
Destroyed
Three-fold
Ne'er forget that which is unforgivable
Lest it repeat again
Honor the dead;
Remember their names
And never forget September 11th in 2001
The day the Pentagon was crippled
And the death that reigned at World Trade

This, I dedicate to all of those who have lost their loved ones on Flights 93, 77, 11, and 175. Also to those whom worked at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. To the families that had relatives and friends from Newark, Boston, and Dulles, I send my condolences, as does others.

This attack hits me close to home, as the news mentioned about alerting all military personnel abroad and local. The main reason is that I have a cousin currently stationed at Germany and I fear for his life. I haven't seen him in over three years already.

You could say that this one is an AU, using my characters from DT and LIRW in our present setting. As to quote Franklin D. Roosevelt, "A day which will live in infamy."

Disclaimers: May Kwan Yin have mercy on those who weren't able to make it out and may the Lord serve punishment on those who coordinated this indecent act against humanity.

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/Amazing grace! (how sweet the sound)
That sav'd a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see./

Loud explosions rocked the still air of New York City as two Boeings crashed into the two World Trade Center. Coordinated chaos soon sprung up as employees and tourists rush to the exits. Later, the collapse of the South WTC and then the North WTC.
 

All hell and chaos broke loose.

The sound of people buried alive underneath the tons of concrete and metal. Screams, moans, and pleas rang through the air. Ambulances, fire trucks, and squad cars' sirens rang endlessly throughout the air. Orders and commands were thrown around.

The sounds of people, whom the loved ones that had worked in the Twin Towers once, now cried in despair, denial, and in a thinly hanging hope of a miracle. Many people are running toward the site, lending much needed hands on finding the surviving and saving the injured.

An endless cycle of commands and instructions in the many hospitals, mixed in with high trauma alert and in the ERs. Outside at local Red Cross centers and smaller medical facilities, US citizens are lining to donate their blood.

/'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
And grace my fears reliev'd;
How precious did that grace appear,
The hour I first believ'd!/

"Where's the crash cart?!"

"Got it!"

"V-fib!! It's a V-fib!!! Doc Chi!!"

"Two hundred joules!" The swishing of conductivity fluid spreading onto the paddles. "Clear!"

Interns and nurses alike immediately backed away. The body arched up but a flat line shot through their ears.

"Two-fifty! Clear!"

Again, the body arches but finally a strong beat shows up on the monitor.

"Send her to the ICU! Now!"

"Dr. Po! Burn center!! We got a guy with second and third-degrees over fifty percent on his body!!"

"V! Take over!!"

/Thro' many dangers, toils and snares,
I have already come;
'Tis grace has brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home./
 

"Everybody move! Come on!! Jason!!"

"Get out! Go go go!!"

Upon noting the sight of the oncoming cloud dust, Duo immediately ran and pulled a child within his arms, and dove behind a police station wagon. The boy's family also joined him, some of the younger children crying.

Few seconds later, the cloud rolled over with the shockwave rocking all of them. A thick blanket of dust, gray and white, covered the area as the cloud continued to roll. A loud roar reached everybody's ears after several seconds.

"God help us all..." Duo whispered, noting the destruction. After handing over the boy with several mouth guards, he ran into the mess to help out, tying a handkerchief around his mouth.

Directing the ambulances was hell, including the fire trucks. Jason realized that improvising was an immediate must while shouting orders to lingering people to help out those buried. Luckily, he worked for the Office of Emergency Management but wasn't the head honcho as the office here was trashed and the boss was away in Long Island.

Relena ran through the aisles of people donating blood, swallowing the bile that threatened to rise up. Reminding herself harshly that the injured needed it badly, she quickly took in the next donor and directed him to another seat. Expertly, she rubbed the nook of the elbow with a antiseptic pad, stuck the needle in, and flipped the tab. For a few seconds, Relena watched the blood flow from the arm to the bag before tearing her eyes away to get back to work.

The others were all busy in either rescuing, comforting, reporter, or healing.

/The Lord has promis'd good to me,
His word my hope secures;
He will my shield and portion be,
As long as life endures./

"Geeze Christ!! This is unbelievable!!" The camera image zoomed in on the Pentagon, still smoking. "Get in closer!!"

"Odin, are you nuts?! We're gonna be smoked in!!"

"We'll be needing this for later, Dam!! I can't believe the morons! Have they no sense of humanity and decency?!"

"Will you shut up?! I'm getting something!" Silence, save the helicopter's motor and sirens down below. "Crap! Another one got kicked!"

"Come again?!"

"Somerset, PA! Another Boeing dropped down there!"

"Aw Christ! This just gets better and better!! Who's the jackass behind this stupid idea?!"
 

"Forget it, I'm going in!"

"Thought you didn't want to!"

"Just shut up!! This is already bad enough! Next thing the beaucrats are gonna do is declare war!"

"They can't do that without Congress' approval!!"
 

Down below, Heero, Trowa, and Wufei were helping on rerouting traffic

/Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail,
And mortal life shall cease;
I shall possess, within the veil,
A life of joy and peace./

Whirling around from facing an injured old man, Lina stared in disbelief at the young messenger babbling in one of the Arabian dialects. When the boy finished, many older folks began weeping while the more younger people were swearing vengeance.

Sighing, the young teen finished bandaging up the man and excused herself to the restroom. Closing the door, disbelief ran rampant and anger on the indecent act.

"If FDR was still here," Lina mused to herself, "he'd say that same line again."

"Lina? We got plenty more patients to finish up!" Ahmed yelled.

"Coming!"

Outside and on the other side of the border line, both blondes could hear faint cheers from the Palestinians. The Arabian felt disgusted by the Israelites' opponents reactions. "Have they no sense of decency?" he muttered.

"I'm afraid their sense of decency contradicts ours," one man said in fluent English.

"To commit such an act..."
 

The older man shook his head. "What they believe is good for them, let them believe in it. Osama bin Laden's men have become heartless, as he himself became. Kamikazing oneself just for a belief may be acceptable."

"But suiciding with hundreds of innocent people is unacceptable!" Ahmed protested. "This is just plain murder!"

"Then Allah bless those lost and punish those who committed such act. We send our condolences, Winner-san."

One fist ended up in a wall, creating a hole and sending out a curse. Placing a soft hand onto his shoulder, Lina shook her head.

/The earth shall soon dissolve like snow,
The sun forbear to shine;

But God, who call'd me here below,
Will be forever mine./

Internationally, the whole world mourned and condemned the actions. For some, they thought that the US deserved what it got.

Near Veterans Memorial after many months of working, a new park (aptly named Absens Memorial) was created and another memorial made. This one was dedicated to those lost to the hijacked plane bombings. After the farewell ceremony, more than one hundred thousand doves were released into the air. The Marines did the traditional twelve gun salute into the air, a bagpipe and a choir singing "Amazing Grace" solemnly.

Inscribed on a plague below the statue of a weeping Mary holding a dying Jesus, along with smaller statues of various deities in various cultures:

~To those who are lost and brave,
May they rest in Peace.
To those who committed and cowards,
We will not rest at the very least.

September 11, 2001,
"A day which will live in infamy."
As our lives are tossed into the winds,
We still have sympathy.

Lives are taken and lives are given,
But lives should not be stolen.
A beautiful tapestry now torn,
Must be once again woven.

Let these be remembered,
History must not be repeated.
For our sake and future,
Please, let our warnings be heeded.

Psalm 23: "Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I fear no evil, for You are with me."~

/The earth shall soon dissolve like snow,
The sun forbear to shine;
But God, who call'd me here below,
Will be forever mine./

Months of intense search to find those who supported and coordinated the plan won't be enough to relieve the hundreds of families' loss. Only a slight consolation and maybe some sense of justice.

Who knows, maybe the future generations will learn to avoid another heinous act. Justice, freedom and decency are some things taken for granted, plus ethnicity on occasion.

But humanity is something that SHOULD NOT be taken for granted, never in the now, and never in the future.

Have we all lost some sense of humanity and justice, freedom and ethnicity?

Have THEY no sense of humanity?
 

~OWARI~

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AN: I feel rather sober and disgusted about this incident. The worse thing the US did to some of the Mid-East countries were the air strikes. If this hijacking/bombing is in retaliation for the air strikes, I say that this is the most stupidest thing ever done I've ever seen in my entire life. Being glued to the TV, watching the news almost everything since I was a child, I've always had the sense of awareness. For those with younger siblings still in elementary, explain it to them later on. This one should be kept out of their sights but I can't say the same for those living in DC and NYC.

The last few parts are all fictious, of my own speculation/prediction. Of course, it might happen but try not to take it too seriously.

The Psalm mentioned is taken from Bush's address. I claim no rights to it.

"Absens" means "gone" in Latin, thus the farewell to the lost souls, lives taken harshly away.

The world

I see it slowly falling apart in front of me
Like a slow and deadly dream taking me over
The hurt, pain and suffering.
When will it all end?

The Fire

It burns strongly among buildings and wreckage
The heat it scorches and hurts
The fire burns strong in the hearts of those who wish for a miracle
Can we stop the pain?

The Struggle

The struggle in out hearts as we watch all this
From near and far our emotions are coming together
We pray for everything to be all right, our loved ones safe
Are they ok?

The Faith
The faith that we carry and hold dear
We see this moment and wish for better
But we have the faith to move on after this
We will survive

Kaze No Uta 
Lyrics from Fushigi Yugi. (Translated from Japanese)
Sung by: Chika Sakamoto
Character: Nuriko

Perfect World
Lyrics from Fushigi Yugi. (Translated from Japanese) 
Sung by: Chika Sakamoto
Character: Nuriko

A flight of angels
As the tower burns.
The sobs of the families
Who have lost their loved.
How could you?
Why would you?
Have you no soul?
Can't you see...
These actions take toll?
*
The song of mourners
As the tower gives way.
The faint whispers of hope
as many strive to find life.
How dare you?
Why did you?
Are you a demon of hell?
What part of this misery
Did you not foretell?
*
The misery of families
As their lives are destroyed.
The whimpers of children
Who fear and despair.
You did this.
You wanted this.
You're inhuman at best.
You thought killing the innocents
Was a valid protest.
*
How could you?
Why would you?
How dare you?
Why did you?
*
Those questions are asked for a logic that isn't there.
We can't comprehend any reasons for this horrible affair.
Our prayers and tears are shed for the angels that leave
Separated from families who have no choice but to grieve.
*
We feel the pain of our countrymen.
We cry in rage and sadness.
They're gone, and we all regret...
Those we've lost... we will surely miss.

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o/` I'm proud to be an American... o/`