yesterday, two jumbo jet airliner purposedly crashed itself to the two towers of the world trade center in new york city. another one hit the pentagon. one was supposed to hit the white house in washington,d.c.but due to the bravery of the civilians on board that plane, who fought with the hijackers, successfully diverted the plane into an empty spot ,but unfortunately,these people died.
i was with cousin aileen and uncle henry when the news flashed on the television. itseemed as if i was watching a war/action flick movie, with bombs, grenade, people running for their lives, dark cloud smoke.only this time, it wasn't a movie. it is so real.the people running for their lives, the people who died when the building collapsed and they were covered with sharp and large debris, the firefighters and policemen who rescued and died as the second plane crashed, the people left in the upperfloors of the building and they were hanging out the windows and eventually jumped out,hoping that this can save their lives, the innocent passengers who travelled on the united and american airlines and the staff and pilots, the men and women that served the pentagon.....ALL THESE PEOPLE...ALL GONE AND DEAD because of the cowardice of these terrorists.
i can not stand watching more injuries and more people die. i was particularly worried for my cousin kuya salde who lived in manhattan and until now, i do not know where he is at. if he was alive, i know he is for sure in the hospital and rescuing the injured and healing the sick.being in the nursing field, if i was there, i knew i would help out. but watching these images on television, i felt helpless. president bush remarked, "there's a yielding anger" within us. yes, i have. i thought about my family and friends who are now deployed to the military since the military are on highest alert (my ex boyfriend glenn and bestfriend, who is an air force reserve, has just reported to peral harbor yesterday, my friend ate rona in the airforce, and elcid in the navy in san diego, probably now in a warship and the thousands of army, navy, airforce, and marine nurses i knew now have to be there,too ).
what touched me the most is when the congress and senate ,whether one was democratic or republican, sang the "god bless america," together. when i saw a segment when college students of different colors, ethnicity, religions, and race came together and say our national anthem, "star spangled banner."
there's anger, there's pity, there's helplessness, there's sadness.i can't stand it anymore. yesterday, i drove into what it seemed like a big party just opposite side of the modesto mall which was by the way closed out and empty. i peeked through these crowded area and there was a big sign outside that stated, "thank you for donating your blood." hundreds of people are donating their blood to help the blood shortage in hospitals in new york and washington area.
my heart sank. as a nurse, i knew this was important. so i decided that today, i am donating my blood to the very same center. this is the least thing i can do for the victims right now. i can pray for them and all...but it's different if i know in my heart i was able to save even just one life. so i encourage my readers to do the same.
this is the time we need to be UNITED and TOGETHER. i cannot emphasize it enough. together, we can make a difference and overcome this catastrophy. together, we will get through this.
each one of us...start now..
posted by pinay freestyle @ 9:45 AM
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