Who am i

by Josie   Sep 13, 2006


I am no one special

I am the little boy that gives up his favorite teddy bear so a stranger might be comforted

I am the single mom who has been trying to teach her child to sleep in their own bed who holds them tight long into the night thanking God it wasn't her child that died

I am the old man angry and resentful that his military doesn't want him because of his age

I am the teenage girl that spends hours cutting ribbons for others to wear as a symbol of remembrance

I am the young man who doesn't understand why his father was running up the stairs as the building fell trying to save just one more life instead of his own.

I am the old woman who will never see her grandchild again

I am the little girl playing with her doll who cant understand why people scream hateful things at her because of where her family is from

I am the police officer trying to keep the idiotic reporter safe when his wife is among the missing

I am the fire fighter that called in sick that day only to discover that someone else died in his place

I am the man who survived the falling towers only to learn his sister and baby niece were in the plane

I am the secretary scared by the seemingly non-ending calls of help around her

I am the spunkier who is climbing down into the remains hoping to find someone who is still alive

I am the dog handler searching for bodies that has to comfort my animal when only death remains

I am the woman who stands in line for five hours in order to give blood hoping to help strangers in need

I am the man who gets up and goes to work every day in spite of the tragedy because he still has a family to feed

I am the first passenger to get back on a plane even though I'm terrified because i know somebody has to be first

Who am I?

I'm nobody special.

I'm just and American!

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