I'm crying as I write this...
Fire.
That was all I saw.
The flames burned fiercely and I was scared out of my mind. Candace was there, so was Mom. I didn't know why we were here... Shouldn't we be running away from the heat?
Mom was crying, and Candy was gripping my hand tightly. Two incredibly large buildings were blazing with red hot flames and there was a plane sticking out of the building...
I remembered seeing something on the news... Something about terrorists. I couldn't quite remember what it was about, but I was pretty sure this was it.
Everybody was screaming, calling out names, crying, there were even people jumping off the structures... I had absolutely no idea what was going on; but then again, I was only three.
I was tired of wondering what was going on and the screaming was terrifying me, so I looked up at Mommy and asked the one burning question that I had wanted to say.
"Mommy, whas goin' on?"
She looked down at me with teary eyes and pulled me closer to her, almost as if I were her last treasure. Something looked very familiar about those buildings... Although, I just couldn't seem to put my finger on it.
"S-some v-v-very b-bad men b-b-broke the b-building," she tried to say through her sobs. "The f-f-firemen are t-trying to g-get up-p and s-s-save the p-p-people..."
I looked back at the monstrous fire that was rapidly swallowing up glass, metal, all different kinds of things...
But the most horrifying of all, people.
The screams and cries for help that echoed all across the way were so desperate... I wanted so badly to just leap out of Mommy's arms and run to help them. I couldn't take the feeling of despair...
But then, as I was thinking those things and listening to the yells of terror, I realized something... I looked back up at my Mother, worry now sketched all across my face.
"Mommy," I said, fearing the worst. "Where's Daddy?"
She rested her gaze upon me, fresh hot tears falling down her face as she tried to smile to reassure me.
"I... I t-think D-daddy's in H-heaven now, S-sweetie..."
As soon as she finished that sentence, a fresh batch of sobs burst through her, the heartbreaking sound being heard by all. The horror set in on me, even though I was only three.
I was a smart child... I knew what she meant.
Now... When he said goodbye to leave for work this morning... When he hugged me and kissed my cheek one last time... I just wish I could have stayed like that forever...
To have kept my one last goodbye for eternity.
This is for all of the brave souls out there who were in 911, all of the people in the plane that crashed, all of the people in the buildings, all of the heroes in the plane that they crashed themselves... And for all of the firefighters who saved lives and lost their own in the process. YOu guys are my heroes. :')
- Lovey