It was a Tuesday morning, and it started pretty much like
any other Tuesday morning. I was in
college, heading across campus heading for my 9:00 AM class. As I passed the student center, a girl came
running past me, saying something about an airplane that flew into a building
in New York. I went inside...and sat,
transfixed as the horror unfolded before me.
My Nation was under attack. Later
that afternoon as I drove home…dumbstruck by what I had witnessed…and trying to
prep myself for my 3-year old son’s birthday party that evening. The contrast couldn’t have been more striking.
Celebrating his young life, on a day of so much death.
September 11, 2001 started like a “normal” day for most
people, little knowing that in the days, months, and years following, we would
all be operating under a “New Normal”. Walk
with me as we examine the impact of that fateful day on a few of today’s SL
Residents
Lanai Jerrico is the Owner and Editor in Chief of SL
Enquirer
Josh Bellic (JB):
Tell me Lanai. Do you recall what
you were doing that fateful day?
Lanai: Certainly I
do, Josh. I remember I was getting my daughter ready for afternoon kindergarten.
I was watching television when the breaking news came on that an airplane had
slammed into the World Trade Center. I then
watched, horrified, as the second plane hit, covered on live TV. Then I saw the
towers fall. It was awful. I immediately thought of my cousin who worked in
Tower 2. I later learned that he was off
that day.
I next asked Miakoda Tala (sackawho) (MT) about that
day. Mia was employed by a privakevate
business jet company in Little Rock, Arkansas.
JB: So, Mia. Do you remember where you were on
9/11/2001? What were you doing? And how did that affect you?
Mia: Of course I do,
Josh. I was working at Dassault Falcon
Jet, so since we are in the aircraft industry, watching the plane hit the tower
was devastating. We had a TV brought
into our office and we couldn't keep our eyes off it all day and we just sat
there and cried. It was one of the
saddest days in history and it changed the world. Not knowing why it happened was one of the
hardest things to deal with. Who would do such a thing, killing innocent
people? That day started the War on Terror. Bin Laden became the subject of a
decade-long international manhunt. It
was a commercial aircraft and we are business jets but in the long run, it did
affect the aircraft industry. It was a
day I will never forget.
Finally, I chatted with Paul Woodrunner, the creator and
curator of the September 11th Memorial in SecondLife.
JB: Hey there
Paul. Do you remember where you were at
8:46 AM EST when the first plane struck the North Tower of the WTC on
9-11-2001?
Paul: I was getting
ready for work in New Orleans, and I saw the news, When I arrived at work someone put the tv on
and there in front of us the second plane hit, and we knew at that point in
time the world changed. It was terrible.
The ppl in the towers and the planes were all innocent. Many were trying to
help. That is what Americans do. That is
what Humans do --- they help. This is
what we are on this earth to do - Help people. The world changed on 9/11 and
forever we will remember. Many, many people who perished were heroes, including
the passengers and crew of Flight 93 who I consider the first combatants in the
War on Terror. They had the info and they had the time and like Americans, they
took a Vote and took action. I say their phone calls home to loved ones and
folks that just picked up the phone changed history. Their voices rang out and have not stopped in
19 years and they forced us to wake up and see the world differently. These people
stood up and fought. They are the First Patriots of the new America. Their
actions changed the course of America and the World and their voices have been
heard. We have cried for all the victims of 9/11 but for the passengers and
crew of flight 93... It is time now to celebrate their actions and make a great
joyous noise…In New Orleans, we would. On Nov 3rd everyone should remember their
voices and do what they did: VOTE.
So there you have it, Folks.
Be sure and check out the 9-11 Memorial.
Tonight, beginning at 6:00 PM SLT, catch the 9-11 Memorial show at the
Bob Hope Theater. And never forget. Never Never forget! Speak of this day to your
children, and to your children’s children.
Just Do it. Aloha
JB
SURL:
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Copperhead%20Road/53/95/1515
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