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(1) Maniacal terrorists strike at the big apple of America’s eye.
Famed majestic landmarks, the Twin Towers crumble,
imploding into billions of bits of molten steel, jagged glass,
seared human flesh and flailing broken bones. Escaping
spiked and surging fire balls, staff vaulted through windows.
A canine toothed wing of the Pentagon is broken in the aftermath
of the devastation: a massive death toll of innocents remains
lodged, buried alive, fifty feet under, feeling the cold- bloodied
hard rubble, a steely glint of hope, five warm-blooded survivors
are unearthed. Every save a divine miracle. Subways evacuate.
First aid crews take to the streets and man the flaming towers.
Spiraling Downward, Upward We Stand United.
(2) Flattened, the first company of New York City’s finest fire
fighters, police, and first aid crews crash and burn inside of the
cascading avalanche of steel daggers. The 110-story twin towers
are brought to its saber knees and then to its foiled ankles.
WTC mass exodus: grieving, a 47-story, sister building 7,
collapses in distress into ragged ruins. Billowing, nearby brother
buildings in zone remain ablaze. Plumes of smoke hover, flying
concrete and soot, repugnant jet fuel, raining dust and debris,
thousands of frightful fleeing bystanders are entombed. Fatalities,
makeshift morgues ferry the dead carcasses to New Jersey. Tons,
1.2 billion scorched scraps are hauled to S.I. Fresh Kills Land Fill.
Dogs sniff and succor. Ground zero: dug-up remains are draped
with the U.S.A. flag, saluted, re-buried. Every find a divine miracle.
High flying stars and stripes fly low at half staff. Scalpeled
surgeons, bed-pan nurses, and swarming volunteers man
the hospitals. New Yorkers, from every walk of life, take
to the streets and wait for hours to donate their blood.
Spiraling Downward, Upward We Stand United.
(3) Slamming, ramming into Grade A U.S. Steel,
four American jumbo jets are commandeered:
flight crews are maced; by razor blade box cutters,
pilots are knifed, passengers use their cell phones:
“I Love You” are their final words. Diabolical,
suicide bombers - American men, women, and
children transfigured into four human missiles:
Flight 11, Boeing 767, Boston to L.A.,
81 Americans, 11 crew members, CRASH
and BURN, into the north tower, N.Y.C.
Flight 175, United 767, Boston to L.A.,
56 Americans, nine crew members, CRASH
and BURN, into the south tower, N.Y.C.
Flight 77, Boeing 757, Washington to L.A.,
58 Americans, six crew members, CRASH
and BURN, into the Pentagon, D.C.
Flight 93, Boeing 757, N.J. to San Francisco,
38 Americans, seven crew members, CRASH
and BURN, into an empty field, Pa. by unsung heroes:“Let’s Roll!”
Federal aviation officials ground all flights: all planes nose dive
at the nearest airport. Soaring sky high, safe and sound, squawking
seagulls with whimpering wings remain in flight and brave the fight.
Zippered up, bridges, tunnels, and highways lock gates. Fiercely,
five warships, frigate ships, and aiming bull's-eye, guided missile
destroyers man the N.Y. coast: Two aircraft carriers: USS
George Washington and USS John F. Kennedy man the N.Y. skies.
In steely determination, it is business, but not business as usual.
Spiraling Downward, Upward We Stand United.
(4) It is more than a terrorist attack -
It is an act of war! It is a national tragedy!
The free and democratic world is attacked:
White House evacuates.
United Nations evacuates.
Treasury evacuates.
State Department evacuates.
Justice Department evacuates.
World Bank evacuates.
All Federal office buildings evacuate.
New York's primary elections are postponed.
Israel evacuates all diplomatic missions.
All N.Y. State government offices evacuate.
Trading is suspended: The American Stock Exchange,
Nasdaq and New York Stock Exchange. 110 stories,
Chicago's Sears Tower evacuates. Homeless, a
frozen zone, 20,000 N.Y.C. residents are displaced.
Chartering a Saudi jet, 11 Bostonian bin Ladins evacuate.
Slumbering, F.B.I., C.I.A., I.N.S. and N.S.A. agents rouse.
It is the first war of the 21st century! No-man’s land,
hermetically sealed, the President of the U.S.A. is whisked away.
Heroic, Lady Liberty stands tall in the New York Harbor.
Spiraling Downward, Upward We Stand United.
(5) Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani addresses New York:
“Deaths are more than any of us can bear.”
Senator Hillary D. Clinton addresses New York:
“We will not be cowed by evil, despicable acts of terror.”
President George W. Bush addresses the nation:
“These acts shattered steel but they
cannot dent the steel of American resolve.”
“We will make no distinction between the terrorists
who committed these acts and those who harbored them.”
"Whether we bring our enemies to justice, or bring
justice to our enemies, justice will be done."
Nefarious doings, suspect numero uno is "The Evil One," the
cannibal Saudi militant Osama bin Laden and his vicious cavemen.
Operation Infinite Justice:seek and destroy Al Qaeda. Operation
Enduring Freedom:target cells, villainous metastasizing cancers.
WW III: Worldwide Coalition Bombers vs. Terror-Bender Troglodytes.
"America was targeted for attack because we're the brightest
beacon for freedom and opportunity in the world.
And no one will keep that light from shining."
Spiraling Downward, Upward We Stand United.
(6) Heaven sent, where 70 virgins await each Islamic
martyr on a homicidal-suicidal mission, 19 corrosive
terrorists pulverize into smithereens: no bad guys; no car
chase; no revenge to seek; no justice to exact; no war
to win and no Hollywood movie. Arise. Awake. New world
order and Office of Homeland Security: cockpit dead bolts,
armed pilots and martial art stewardesses, no curb side
check-in and Arab profiling strip searches. An inferno, charred
bodies incinerate into ashes, few funerals, many memorial
tributes, urns of WTC dirt comfort. Cremated. Sobbing. Closure.
Weeping widows, wailing orphans, donations flood the Red Cross.
International terrorism: a worldwide menace. Terrorists:a worldwide
monstrosity. Renew, arise reborn, a phoenix, names of loved ones
are inscribed on the walls of the observation deck, sacred ground,
a shrine, the hatched angels hover, protecting Twin Towers rebuilt.
WorldWISE: democracy, liberty, freedom, prosperity, goodness,
love, security and peace, “We Shall Overcome.
Spiraling Downward, Upward We Stand United.
(7) A cataclysmic collision course between good and evil;
angels a flight and devils a foot. "Thou Shalt Not Murder,"
the first set of twin tablets of the Ten Commandments crumble
and are re-engraved:Operation Infinite Circle. Singed aftershocks:
fear, disbelief, terror, numbness, grief, depression, revenge,
nightmares and rage. Twin Tower totals: 90,000 tourists a day,
a person from each and every curve of the globe may have perished;
50,000 employed; 25,000 rescued; 8,700 casualties; 35,000 in
subway and two-third empty airplanes. Mournfully, 3,500 consumed.
Outstretched, GOD’s hand of mercy, love, compassion and
nerves of steel, vanquished the evil incarnate, “GOD WILLING.”
Spiraling Downward, Upward We Stand United.
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