In Memory of 9-11

September 11th, year of 2001.

For the 102 minutes on that very fateful day, the world watched in horror as two planes crashed in the the iconic twin tower of the New York city.

Fast forward to ten years later, people in the United States, particularly those who has lost their families and friends in that tragic terrorist attack are still living under the shadow of the loss of their loved ones.


I remembered that on that very morning, i just woke up from bed and saw my Indian classmate cum housemate (i was a university student back then) flipping over the newspaper, which is something unusual for him to do on such an early morning.
(Normally he would be still sleeping by then).

"A plane has just crashed into the World Trade Center". He said.

As i was still sleepy at that time, i did not give much thought on the issue. Well, shit happens everyday.

How wrong i was. It was not until i watched the news on tv did i just realized the scale of the tragedy. Something that i thought would just have happened in action movies only. It is not only A PLANE. It is TWO.

Well, the country where i have stay is half the globe away from the New York city. Well, I did not lose any of my loved one in the tragedy for which i thank god for that. Nor do i suffer any injuries or post trauma symptoms from the tragedy.

But somehow, i realized one thing that ever since the terrorist put their plane through the twin skyscraper, my view on the religion has changed 180 degrees.

On one particular occasion i read that the NYPD detective, on one of these trips down to the World Trade Centre telling his stories. . . "there's a little kid around and he's got this sign and the sign says 'please find my daddy'. And we realised what we were there for." My heart sank. A kid just lost his daddy, killed by the so called "The warrior of god". Aren't religion supposed to teach us good things? Like when people slapped you right cheek, offer your left one, something like that?

That Tuesday, 3,052 children lost a parent in the terrorist attacks. The average age was 9. Some of them not even bid the last goodbye to their parents.

As for the surviving victims and eye-witnesses:

"I have a hard time watching a plane fly overhead without mentally seeing it blow up," wrote Vicky Radke Duran, who has taken just one flight the past ten years - and only for a family emergency.

“Time is passing. Yet, for the United States of America, there will be no forgetting September the 11th. We will remember every rescuer who died in honor. We will remember every family that lives in grief. We will remember the fire and ash, the last phone calls, the funerals of the children. “- President George W. Bush

"All of a sudden there were people screaming. I saw people jumping out of the building. Their arms were flailing. I stopped taking pictures and started crying." --Michael Walters, a free-lance photo journalist in Manhattan.

It was a total heartbreaking moment. What has gone wrong? 19 of the terrorists who plotted the attacked proudly claimed themselves are Muslim. Almost instantly, the religion has to be part of this unforgiven act and under scrutiny of the public eyes.


Everybody entitled to their right to choose and believe in their own choice of religion. Be it Islamic, Christianity, Buddhism, Tao-ism, Hinduism or even Juda-ism etc. Well you see, i am a Christian, but mainly on paper. Which means i don't really attend church activities or read my bibles every night before going into sleep. When people started to talked about those Mary, Theresa, and Jesus kind of stories, i can assure you that i will looked like an some stray cat losing my way home.

I know, It is a shame. But i have always have this impression that religion are supposed to be preserved, educated and passed down in such a way that it maintain the harmony relationship among humanity, regardless of skin colours and religions. Not KILLING each other.

Ever since 9-11, the world has made known to the word of "Jihad" - or Holy War in western communities. This word, appeared in the Quran for 41 times.

The term 'jihad' has accrued both violent and non-violent meanings. It can simply mean striving to live a moral and virtuous life, spreading and defending Islam as well as fighting injustice and oppression, among other things.

But for the terrorists of 9-11, it means "Let's fly a plane, and kill those american bast*rds".

Now, the 10th anniversary of the Sept 11 is just around the corner. Sincerely, i would like to take this chance to offer my hug and moral support to all those people who has lost their families and loved one, regardless of your country of origin, your religion, your language, or your skin colour.

No amount of tears will bring your loved one back to your side, but their soul will always be with you. Let us hope this tragedy will not only be the first, but also the last one ever happen in the history of human mankind.

For you who have read this, let us take a moment of silence..

and pray for those who perished in the tragedy, and for a better world tommorrow.

That is the least we can do.

Apart from undressing him and humiliate him in the public.