Honoring the Victims, Survivor and Families of September 11, 2001 Tragedy

It was September 11, 2001, on a bright and sunny Tuesday, when a heinous horror gloomed the skies and took the lives of almost 3,000 innocent people across the land of the USA.

Led by the Islamic extremist group, al Qaeda, in clandestine and abominable coordination with 19 militants, they hijacked four airplanes and came up with suicide attacks targeting the USA. Specifically, two of the planes crashed into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, the third plane hit the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and the fourth plane smashed in a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

These were the facts, and the rest was history. Forever in the memory of the bereaved families and even of all humans across the sphere. This most audacious and most indelible terror that struck the USA and cast fear to people around the world left them in shock and disbelief until this very day.

No one could explain the agony and sorrow of the grieving families who were left behind by the excruciating memories of their fallen loved ones. No one could fathom if what's worse: having the ability to bid the last goodbye or having none at all?

The employees who were trapped inside the burning buildings and plane passengers plummeting from the upper floors who had utterly no choice but to say the last words to their loved ones through mere phone calls; those who held on to the thin line of hope on escaping from the murdering fire and ashes by risking to jump from the Towers; the civilians outside the target areas who were utterly defenseless; the firefighters, paramedics and police officers who rushed to help in the aftermath; and the crew onboard the hijacked fourth plane who fought for their lives and saved thousands of other lives by diverting the hijackers' horrific plan; no one would understand the melancholy, fear, and courage they had to go through before drawing their last breaths.

As the bits of debris fell, the towers continued to burn and, eventually, collapse, the sight, and faith of these people to survive began to crumble and slowly fade.

In the highest reverence, we honor and remember the victims, survivors, and the families of this dreadful disaster.

Nonetheless, it left a positive power result to the world as humanity came back crawling when blood banks were overwhelmed with donations, hundreds of people volunteered in sifting through the Ground Zero in search of cadavers and survivors, and everyone relied on earnest prayers to heal the land. People decided to keep the tragedy eternally in the heart as it drove all of us to unity, generosity, and sincere empathy.

As today marks its 19th sorrowful anniversary, we commemorate the lives of these brave people--the 3,000 fallen ones, the families they have left behind, the eyewitnesses who are still in the peak of healing, and to all people who are still hunted by this dark memory.

May this tragedy teach us a handful of lessons in life that we will carry for the rest of our lives.