Anniversary

[poliphilo]

I've just looked at the date.

Oh my- 9/11!

Why wasn't I apprised of this? Why weren't the papers full of commemorative stuff?

I guess because we've moved on. We have Iraq to worry about. Katrina has changed the paradigm just as the attack on the twin towers once did.

This is a fast-moving century.

We're packing more history into the available time than we ever did before.

Comments

[halfmoon-mollie.livejournal.com]

You're weren't apprised of this because every single newspaper I've seen today has three inch headlines. All the flags are out. There will be four moments of silence today. Discussions are all over NPR.

And I turned on the television to find out what the weather would be. There was the beginning of 'that footage'. No thanks. I'll look out the window.

It isn't that I don't think the day deserves commemoration. I understand all the people who lost mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters will never forget this day. I know that the day after tomorrow is the 13th anniversary of my brother's death, and that I will never forget THAT for as long as I live.

But please. A little dignity? A little less chest beating? A more fitting tribute to those who died - and those who gave of themselves by participating in rescue operations- than the footage that greeted ME this morning?

For this day, I love the words of Mary Chapin Carpenter. She wrote the song Grand Central Station after seeing an interview with someone working at Ground Zero.

And I'll bet some of the people doing rescue work in NOLA are doing THEIR best to escort the souls of those they've found 'home' one more time, as well.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Aaah-

You see over here there's been media silence. The BBC's lead story at lunchtime was the build-up to the German elections.

I like Mary Chapin Carpenter's lyrics; I like them a lot.

[halfmoon-mollie.livejournal.com]

I love the song. When she told the story of it, before I heard it for the first time, I felt it was exactly right. Romantic me, I love the idea of someone leading the souls to Grand Central Station and helping them find the right train. For all the people who had nothing to bury and only thoughts left of their loved ones, I hope the song is healing.

[philtration.livejournal.com]

You see over here there's been media silence. The BBC's lead story at lunchtime was the build-up to the German elections.
Yes, the Germans. Do you see my point?

[four-thorns.livejournal.com]

your brother's death happened on my birthday...

[halfmoon-mollie.livejournal.com]

then that makes you even more important to me.