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Morning In America
It was another regular day in America, another beautiful September morning and another starlit night from sea to shining sea. Americans went to work, children went to school. People laughed, people cried, people fell in love. 3,000 men and women went home to their families. The twin towers stood as strong and resilient over the Manhattan skyline as they had ever been, as much a symbol of America’s continuing freedom and prosperity as Lady Liberty herself. A poignant symbol tying America’s past to America’s future in a new millenium. September the 11th, 2001 was just another normal day.
As people continued unwavering in their optimism for the new century and the new American dream, nobody truly knew how close the world had come to changing forever. Perhaps in another world, another life far far away, things were different. Perhaps in another alternate timeline, things were no so quiet, peaceful and prosperous at the turning of the centuries. Perhaps but for one subtle change, the threads of fate would have twisted a different way...
But not this time. The towers still stood, destiny had chose a different path. America and the world marched forward into the new frontier of the 21st century, not with fear but with hope.
Things would be alright, a new future was waiting to be written...
It was another regular day in America, another beautiful September morning and another starlit night from sea to shining sea. Americans went to work, children went to school. People laughed, people cried, people fell in love. 3,000 men and women went home to their families. The twin towers stood as strong and resilient over the Manhattan skyline as they had ever been, as much a symbol of America’s continuing freedom and prosperity as Lady Liberty herself. A poignant symbol tying America’s past to America’s future in a new millenium. September the 11th, 2001 was just another normal day.
As people continued unwavering in their optimism for the new century and the new American dream, nobody truly knew how close the world had come to changing forever. Perhaps in another world, another life far far away, things were different. Perhaps in another alternate timeline, things were no so quiet, peaceful and prosperous at the turning of the centuries. Perhaps but for one subtle change, the threads of fate would have twisted a different way...
But not this time. The towers still stood, destiny had chose a different path. America and the world marched forward into the new frontier of the 21st century, not with fear but with hope.
Things would be alright, a new future was waiting to be written...
- Abraham Washington
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