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Thank you Scott ... lovely. I would just add God bless the whole universe,
and all the creatures in it. As the Buddhists say, May all beings be happy.
Barbara/Fl

As a career foreign service officer, I've been to my share of tough
places. But nothing prepared me for yesterday's creep home, during
which I was close enough to the Pentagon to see and smell the smoke
and the general mayhem. Having lost friends and colleagues in the
Berlin disco bombing, on the SS Cole and in embassies in Africa, I
reflected on just how close I was to meeting my Maker and how precious
life is. When I was finally reunited with my family, we hugged, we
cried, we prayed, and we proudly hung our American flag, where I
suspect it will remain hanging for a very long time.

When all is said and done, I believe no one on this list will be
unaffected by this senseless tragedy. What can you do? Give blood,
donate your time or resources to agencies helping to aid the recovery,
and you can pray. Pray to whoever or whatever your God might be, for
healing, for reconciliation, and for understanding that will likely
never come. Pray for your elected leaders and government, for wise
decisions that need to made. Pray for the dead, the injured, for
families, for recovery. Every person on this list can pray.

We're down, but not out. God bless America!

Scott in DC/MD

Yes Scott, driving by the Pentagon this morning was very unreal with
acrid smoke still pouring out of the building. I work for the Department
of Defense and I'm proud of the small part I play in the defense of our
country but I felt very helpless yesterday as I watched the Pentagon fires
burning out of control from my office window. But I can pray for the many
victims and their families, a couple of them I'm afraid are my friends. And
everyone else can pray and hope that our kids can live in a safer, more secure
and better world.



JP

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