A Twenty Year Fall: It Feels Like We Just Flat-Out FORGOT.

 Before the iconic "Falling Man" photo was taken, there was this moment . . . the moment when so many were forced to chose how they would end.  Does one fall forward " into the arms of God " - or back into the inferno?That is THE moment/image I ' ve never been able to shake. From a 2006 Housecalls post entitled, " Just Quiet " .Have you ever been in the middle of a crowded, noisy somewhere and ever looked out beyond it . . . into a blue sky . . . or a lush green field or forest . . . or out over perfectly still/clear aqua water . . . and wondered (1) how you found yourself in the middle of the crowded/noisy somewhere and (2) why couldn ’t you be OVER THERE . . . enjoying the quiet . . . basking in the light of a clear blue sky . . . or lost in fresh green fields& forests . . . or bathed in perfect aqua water? That has always been my question when I look upon the images of 9/11 . . . especially of the people who were crowded in smoke-choked windows, and clinging to hope in the Towers before they fell. After the phone calls were made and the goodbyes were shared, what could these people see and what were they thinking in those last moments when they looked out . . . beyond the heat and the smoke and the terror . . . into a cool, clear blue autumn sky . . . the same unmarred blue sky that I vividly remember looking up to that day, my eyes swimming in tears? I wonder if their hearts a...
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