Seven years ago the way we looked at the world was forever shattered. Much has happened since, but the best thing to come out of tragedy is the love that we feel for each other. I will never forget how I felt that day, and in the days that followed. When I would walk Dingo and see the flags, or the tributes I would know that I was not alone in my mourning. The terrorists tried to separate us and bring hate into the world, but the failed miserably. Instead we were brought together and found love.
Here's what New York City Mayor Bloomberg had to say at the memorial this morning.
“Today marks the seventh anniversary of the day our world was broken, It lives forever in our hearts and our history, a tragedy that unites us in a common memory and a common story ... the day that began like any other and ended as none ever has."
That day ended for me with thousands of tears shed, and a fear that when I woke up that morning the Empire State Building wouldn't be standing. When I forced myself to go to bed and turn off the news The Empire State Building was being evacuated with the fear that there were bombs in the building. Fortunately that was not the case.
In the days following 9/11 there were many theories past around the net. (remember the one about Nostradomous?) But someone sent this email to me that I found fascinating. I don't know what genius thought of this, but it will make you sit back and say "Wow."
UNITED WE STAND
1) New York City has 11 letters
2) Afghanistan has 11 letters.
3) Ramsin Yuseb (The terrorist who threatened to destroy the Twin Towers in 1993) has 11 letters.
4) George W Bush has 11 letters.
5) The two twin towers make an "11"
This could be a mere coincidence, but this gets more interesting:
2) The first plane crashing against the Twin Towers was flight number11.
3) Flight 11 was carrying 92 passengers. 9 + 2 = 11
4) Flight 77 which also hit Twin Towers, was carrying 65 passengers.6+5 = 11
5) The tragedy was on September 11, or 9/11 as it is now known. 9 + 1+ 1 = 11
6) The date is equal to the US emergency services telephone number911. 9 + 1 + 1 = 11.
Sheer coincidence..?! Read on and make up your own mind:
1) The total number of victims inside all the hi-jacked planes was 254.2 + 5 + 4 = 11.
2) September 11 is day number 254 of the calendar year. Again 2 + 5 + 4 = 11.
3) The Madrid bombing took place on 3/11/2004. 3 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 4 = 11.
4) The tragedy of Madrid happened 911 days after the Twin Towersincident.
Sheer coincidence..?! Read on and make up your own mind:
Now this is where things get totally eerie:
The most recognized symbol for the US, after the Stars & Stripes, is The Eagle. The following verse is taken from the Quran, the Islamicholy book: "For it is written that a son of Arabia would awaken a fearsome Eagle. The wrath of the Eagle would be felt throughout the lands of Allah and lo, while some of the people trembled in despair still more rejoiced: for the wrath of the Eagle cleansed the lands of Allah and there was peace."
That verse is number 9.11 of the Quran.
Still unconvinced about all of this..?! Try this and see how you feel afterwards, it made my hair stand on end:
Open Microsoft Word and do the following,
1. Type in capitals Q33 NY. This is the flight number of the firstplane to hit one of the Twin Towers.
2. Highlight the Q33 NY.
3. Change the font size to 48.
4. Change the actual font to the WINGDINGS
I wish I could show you what happens, but the blog doesn't have WINGDINGS.
So try it on your own, but be prepared to freak out a bit!