An appropriate time to plant an American flag on a Nigerian website.
With millions of Americans, we too remember that day of infamy that forever changed the way we live and travel. Our prayers go out to the families of the victims and service men who have since also paid the ultimate sacrifice.
Where were you when the world as we knew it changed?
I remember where I was: in the middle of a staff meeting about patients in a rural state Psychiatric
step - down forensic hospital in Caro, Michigan. People left the hospital, going to stock up on gas and groceries. Some wondered if the world was finally coming to an end. Americans told me that this was war and we were in it immediately. I just wondered how I was going to get home 60 miles away with my one year old in tow in the middle of the confusion amongst the citizenry as to what just happened and what to do...
Here we are ten years on and the world has not come to an end. The original perpetrator has been caught but people's lives have been forever changed.
Where were you when the planes hit and what do you remember about that time? Please leave your comments on the blog.
Funke Abolade
S/P S
From Prof. Sodeke:
ReplyDeleteDear Dr. Abolade:
Thanks. We will remember, in sober reflection and prayer, those that are gone before us and those they left behind. We will continue to bask on the mercy and faithfulness of our God still. God bless America! Let us also remember in prayer Nigeria at this time and always. Pastor Bakare's sermon on the trend in Nigeria is instructive. May God help us all.
Sincerely,
Professor Sodeke
May their innocent souls rest in peace
ReplyDeleteDr. Abolade, thanks for recanting your experience. We remember those that were taken away on that day and continue to pray for their families.
ReplyDeleteFadamiro
And where was I? I was on my way to work in St. Paul, MN when the news broke. At first we thought it was a prank.. I also remember how God used the event to turn the hearts of men to him(emphasis on used), but sadly it was a temporary fix. The human tendency to fall back on self quickly took over.
ReplyDeleteMy mood on that day was reflected in a poem thst I wrote for New York City . It was titled "Mother City" . It was pulished in my collection of poems titled Echoes of Conscience in 2005.
ReplyDeleteThe attack of September 11th realy hit close to many of us that enter the USA through New York and lived in the city for several years . Our consolation and hope lie in knowning that the mother City lives on.
Dr Oluyinka Adediji