And America Weeps

The Tears of a Nation

On September 11, 2001, life as most Americans knew it changed forever. In less than half an hour I went from watching what I thought was a terrible accident on the Today Show, to witnessing the second airliner slam into the second tower of the World Trade Center in Manhattan.
So many emotions flooded my mind as I watched in horror, confusion, disbelief, shock, and finally, the most overwhelming, heart-wrenching sadness, as I realized that my beloved country was under attack; something I never imagined I’d ever see in my lifetime.

I could use ten million words and never fully express what’s in my heart. I will let the photos and graphics on this page speak for me. I’ve always heard, “One picture is worth a thousand words.” Nothing is more true than at a time like this.
Flag at Half Mast

We Will Never Forget

In Loving Memory

“Oh beautiful for spacious skies”
America the Beautiful

A moment that will live in my mind forever

My beloved country under attack

Pentagon

Aftermath

Realizing the loss of their comrades

War Zone of Manhattan

A Wounded Numbness

“When I don’t understand something, I reach up and hold God’s hand. And we walk together in silence.”
—Mahatma Gandhi

“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”
John 15:13 - Holy Bible

“O beautiful for heroes proved
Who more than self the country loved
And mercy more than life!”
America the Beautiful

“When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it always.”
—Mahatma Gandhi

“Blessed are they that mourn for they shall be comforted.”
Matthew 5:4 - Holy Bible

“O say, can you see, by the dawn’s early light,
What so proudly we hail”
—Francis Scott Key

Lady Liberty Still Standing Tall

“And this be our motto: ‘In God is our trust!’
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!”
—Francis Scott Key

“Gone from our sight but never our memories.
Gone from our touch but never our hearts.”

We Are America

As the soot and dirt and ash rained down...we became one color.
As we carried each other down the stairs of the burning building...we became one class.
As we lit candles of waiting and hope...we became one generation.
As the firefighters and police officers fought their way into the inferno...we became one gender.
As we fell to our knees in prayer for strength...we became one faith.
As we whispered or shouted words of encouragement...we spoke one language.
As we gave our blood in lines a mile long...we became one body.
As we mourned together the great loss...we became one family.
As we cried tears of grief and loss...we became one soul.
As we retell with pride of the sacrifice of heroes...we become one people.
We are:
One color
One class
One generation
One gender
One faith
One language
One body
One family
One soul
One people
We are a Power of One.
We are United.
WE ARE AMERICA!
—Author Unknown

This site of the world grieving with us really touched my heart
World Mourns