September 11th
Copyright ©2002 Tiffany D. Montano

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This is a work in progress and reflects only my views. I have included some links to world government pages, but as I have said this is a work in process and I currently have other priorities.

September 11

I woke up this morning to find a world
changed.
My heart breaks nothing will ever be the same.
Four planes wrought terror down from the sky.
Two towers collapse that once rose so high

A pentagon damaged beyond belief
Tireless workers trying to bring some relief
To those who lost love ones who won't give up
hope. The loss so great how can anyone cope?

Workers who try not to show their fears
as each day hope fades. Each moment like
years. While a world unites "Asking what can we do?"
A Nation Unites wrapped in red white and blue.
United we stand divided we fall. How can we
back down when our back is against the wall?

This poem and many of my other poems can be found in my new book Reflections in Poetry.

We wish to express our deep and heartfelt sympathy for the victims of the World Trade Center and their friends and family. For those of you who don't know how or where to donate, we recommend your local Red Cross office or online. We recommend the Red Cross because they do worldwide rescue and although we hope there are no unscrupulous people that will take advantage of this situation, we know any donations to the Red Cross will get to where they are intended. But we all must remember, September 11^th is not the only tragedy that occurs that the Red Cross responds to. They need working capitol to assist all victims of both man made and natural disasters. Although we urge donations to the victims we caution you to know who you are donating to. Here is another charity that appears legitimate. It is the Uniform Fire Fighters Association. I received this information via email and haven’t had time to check it out. Certainly our hearts and prayers go out to the families of the Fire and Rescue workers as well as the families of the victims of the Pentagon and all those who were effected by this tragic event.

This page which lists both survivors list and victims list. It is the War Records Pages Also here is a article written by Canadian radio commentator Gordon Sinclair in 1973 reflecting his feelings about America.

What I find difficult to understand is why we are calling it an attack on America.

It was an attack on the world!!!

How better to disrupt the world economy than to hit the World Trade Center? This building housed worldwide companies. We are not the only country who lost some of it’s citizens. Great Britain lost over 500 people. I would like to see September 11 declared as World Freedom Day, a worldwide holiday to commemorate those who lost their lives and the uniting of the world in it’s determination and resolve to end terrorism. With the shrinking world due to the economy and air travel, we must unite as one world. We can no longer hide our heads in the sand, in a complacent state of vulnerable invulnerability. We are all brothers united under one sun, living on one earth. We can no longer afford to let the color of our skin, our religion, our sexual orientation or what ever differences we may have separate and dictate the relationships in our lives. Everything seems so inconsequential after the events of September 11, 2001. We urge you to contact your leaders worldwide in this effort.

Our love and prayers go out to all those effected by this tragedy.

Popa and Tiffany

If we haven’t linked your government, it is because I have been unable to locate the home page or your government doesn’t have a home page. Remember also, this takes time and research. If your government is not listed and you can find a home page please email me with your information, most of the web sites were found via Yahoo. I speak only English and am disabled and would appreciate the help. This is not intended to be a political statement but only a resource for you to express your view to your government or another world government. After all, we are one world. Over 65 Nations were represented in the World Trade Center. This was an attack on the world.

Although most Americans are appalled by the news footage of the Palestinian citizens cheering the attack on the World Trade Center, I would like to remind everyone, these people were exercising their right to freedom of speech that we hold so dear. I pray that we can separate the message these people portrayed from the people themselves not alienate the Palestinians most of which were as appalled as most Americans. Do not discriminate against these people the color of their skin, their fashions or style of dress, or religion because subconsciously you equate these outward appearances to the terrorists. I believe the world is now suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as a result of the attacks. I hope you will your support this effort and you will contact your government in support of Designating September 11^th as :