09.11.06
A Moment In Time
September 11, 2006 marks the 5 year anniversary since September 11, 2001. We all have memories that come rushing back to that eventful day and that exact moment, myself included.
My daughter, Stacey, and a friend of hers were in NYC that day. It was her first trip to NY, she had been there 5 days and was to board the airplane at 6:30 the evening of September 11 returning home to Charlotte, NC. It didn’t happen that way.
Stacey was only 30 blocks away from the WTC when all this took place but didn’t know anything had happened! Although she heard sirens, she said that wasn’t anything unusual in NYC, but what she couldn’t understand was why her cell phone wasn’t working…indoors or outdoors, as she tried to retrieve the message she had on the phone.
The message she was trying to retrieve was the message I had left, trying desperately to locate her and make sure she was all right. I knew in Charlotte, NC before she knew, 30 blocks away from the WTC….what had happened!
From Tuesday morning until Friday morning, when she and her friend rented a car and left NY in the wee hours of the morning were very difficult hours.
Stacey and her friend who lives in Florida, arrived home Friday evening around 6:30 PM, their lives changed forever.
Time has passed and now 5 years later much healing has occurred. Stacey still has a problem at times when she sees low flying airplaines and has a special place in her heart for the people who’s lives were forever changed that day.
God, who is the Great Physician and Healer, in His infinite wisdom has allowed time to heal.
We are so blessed! Our loved one returned unharmed, for the most part, from the eventful day 5 years ago, but many families and friends were not as fortunate.
As we view the memorial programs and read the articles related to September 11, 2001, please take a few moments and remember those families and individuals whose lives were forever changed by…… A Moment In Time.