Peace through rememberance - Never forget 9-11-01

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When it comes to peace, how would you describe yourself?

I am a born activist

What do you believe are the 'burning issues' today?

War, Hunger, Poverty, Education, Our Planet, Violence, Inflation, Human Rights, Our Shrinking Freedom, Other

So what is it?

Helping victim of violence

What must we overcome to achieve peace?

Other

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A tear falls in Manhattan

I am a tear. I am born. I fall from the sky. I land on the earth to
begin my life.

I am sterile. I am water. I am clear but EMPTY. What am
I here for? What is my purpose? I search for FULL-fullness.

My last memory is not pleasant. 9-11-01. I am over run by thick dry dirt, attempting to wipe out my existence. I have not yet had a chance to live. I feel pain. I am immobile. I must break free. I must live.

Part of me escapes, as a small and discolored drip. My progress is slowed. I am no longer whole.

A large part of who, and what I am, was left behind, trapped forever in the dirt, a constant reminder of my past experience in the darkness.

I find strength and once again move onward into the unknown, to live. To find purpose, with hope, I move on.

A gentle breeze blows. I feel myself moving. I hope in the right
direction.

The wind picks up. Unexpectedly I find myself soaring with
the wind and landing in a green meadow.

I have landed on the petal of a beautiful flower. My future was up in the air, though, now I am grounded. I am not whole, though I am at peace.

Will this be my purpose and my place in the world?

I look to the sky while a lark passes overhead.

I watch, in wonder and mystery at the gentle bird
soaring in the wind.

Craig Garber

Can we change the world?

Definitely

More about me

Rescue and recovery unites citizen soldiers
By David Wallis

HOURS after the World Trade Center calamity, volunteering fulfilled a lifelong dream for Craig Garber, 25, a medic from Boston. In 1982 as a kid, he watched Air Florida Flight 90 plunge into the Potomac River.

"People jumped in ice-cold water to rescue people. I wanted to go and help, but I was a kid and couldn't do it.

"This is my opportunity. I'm an adult. I have the skills. I have the training, and people need me," he said.

Working non-stop at Ground Zero for four days - except for naps on the sidewalk - allowed Garber to ride the rollercoaster of his emotions. Despair one minute, euphoria the next.

"I had a lot of fear when I got here. It was very dark. You couldn't see anything in front of your face. You'd go up on the pile and there were burning embers of orange and red. The only light we had was from the fire… We were working and these buildings looked like they were going to fall down on top of us.

"We found a cadaver, and we spent an hour and a half trying to identify this person. It was an upper torso and the hips, and one leg. It was very, very distressing. It hurt.

"We tried to find additional body parts. We looked for a skull, teeth for the medical examiner, We couldn't find anything else. It was our honour and duty to take this person out of this chaotic mess.

"They didn't ask to be put there. But they're going to be buried in a real grave. We found a business card.

"An hour and half later, we pulled a police officer out of the rubble. He was buried up to his neck. He was alive and looked right in my eyes and joy overcame me. Everybody cheered. This is why I'm here. I'm here to save people."

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