I am heartbroken, as is most of the rest of the world, about the hijacked planes and the resulting crashes and tragedies. I didn't even know about these horrifying events until 4:30 p.m. that day, having come home from work at 7:30 a.m. and gone to bed about 9:00 a.m. without turning on the TV except to check my WebTV e-mail. When my mother called me to wake me up a little before 4:30 p.m., I had already woken up 15-20 minutes earlier, but had not gotten out of bed yet. I immediately turned on the TV and when I saw what was on every channel, I just sat there and cried. I had my hearing aids on at one point when I was watching TV, and one particular video clip sticks in my mind because of what I heard. The video clip is the one where you can see a person has dived out the window, and is screaming the entire way down until she hits the roof of another building. I heard the splat and the instant cessation of the scream. God, I wish I hadn't heard that. It has been haunting me even more than the images that are replayed on all stations. I keep hearing that doomed woman who decided that burning to death or being crushed was not a way to die. And I continue to cry as more news comes ... good and bad. And I also wonder, like everyone else, who could have been evil enough to mastermind such an organized attack? Why would these people want to kill thousands of innocent people? When these individuals are brought to justice, I hope all their family and friends are killed in front of them to impress upon them the reality of what they have done. Then, I hope that person is forced to live with their grief and conscience sufficeintly long enough to suffer even a fraction of what the families of the dead felt. Then, I would like to see the perpertrators fried slowly, so they may suffer a long, torturous death. My thoughts and prayers are added to the millions already being offered. My older sister told me that hatred and vengance are not the answer to this tragedy. She is right. My anger is a gut reaction to this senseless tragedy, and it will abate, as it does not reverse the events. Hope that the USA and its allies will bring the terrorists to justice is replacing my anger. The universal display of grief has heartened me. It tells me that good will prevail over this evil event, that we are all together, whereever we are, against the awful people who commited this act. The current background song is Tears In Heaven, by Eric Clapton. I have other songs, which you can find by clicking an image: God Bless America Crying Eagle image Imagine (John Lennon) Memorial image American Song Medley Statue of Liberty image One Sweet Day (Mariah Carey) Ribbon image

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