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September
11th
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Langley,
BC, Canada ~
Kimberley May Maurice
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7am I pull myself out of bed to get ready for my early morning
class. I grab a bowl of cereal and sit down to eat and hear
someone say, "Turn on your radio. The US is under terrorist
attack." I ignore the statement, too consumed in my own
morning pondering to really hear what was spoken. I return
to my room as the telephone rings. My brother, calling from
the University of British Columbia, says: "The World Trade
Center is gone. The Pentagon is on fire..."
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A
Voice from the Middle East
~ Maryam Moghaddas
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heart rests with the people who suffer in New York. The
recent tragedy returns me to a time when I was only eight
years old, and the first bombs began to fall. I remember
the scream of the sirens, the darkness of our basement where
we took cover, and the loud voice of explosions. I remember
the seconds of terror, wondering "Will it be our house this
time?"
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