A.N. This is a tribute for 9/11. It has been 10 years since the attack. It is the same time in the story. If you are from a different country and do not understand this, please look it up before reading this.
Conner didn't understand. Why was everyone so upset over such a simple event? It didn't make sense.
There have been dozens of wars with the United States, but never had there been this much fuss over it.
Sure there were days to honor the veterans, but they were small compared to what everyone was doing for this day. So what if two important buildings were hit by planes and knocked over, killing thousands of people?
The wars had even a greater loss than that. But even as Conner tried to put together why people were reacting this way, as he tried to make it more logical, he himself felt a rising of grief and bitterness as he saw footage of the event that happened 10 years ago.
Kaldur watched sadly as he saw a small family go up to speak next. It was a mom, a teenage boy, and a young girl. The mom began to speak into the microphone, her voice shaking a bit as she recalled the painful memories. She was crying as she told her husband's story, how he and other passengers of flight 93 sacrificed themselves to stop the plane from crashing in Washington D.C.
The boy stared ahead, his fists clenched tightly. But tears were streaming down his face almost as fast as his mothers. The girl, who looked to be about 12, wasn't crying though. Her face was sad, but there were no tears.
As her mom finished the story with how the last word her husband had told her was that he loved them all, and that he was sorry, the girl pulled on her mom's sleeve. Her mother looked down and the girl held out a hand.
Wordlessly, the mother gave her the microphone. The girl solemnly stared at the crowd, who was in rapt attention. She then began to sing;
If tomorrow all the things were gone, I worked for all my lifeā¦
Kaldur felt his heart tighten as that girls voice complied more then tears ever could.
A.N. I know this was short and simple, but there is going to be 3 chapters; one today, tomorrow, and on the actual 9/11. And if u have any questions about this please review or PM me and ask away.
