Right as that was happening, some monster in our town called bomb threats to all of the schools. Someone had called me, told me to turn on my television. I did and I was horrified by what I saw. A few minutes later I recieved a call that there were bombs at all the town schools and to go get my children immediately! I drove in a panic, my children were at two different schools! I had to decide which school to go to first! Now it might seem silly today for all these parents to be panic stricken. But remember, we would have never imagined someone flying planes into the twin towers. On this day, any and all unspeakable acts seemed possible. The police were evacuating the schools. I was crying, I felt horrible to have to decide which child to get first. I finally decided to go to the nearest school, then the farthest. Later when it turned out to be a hoax, the police set a bounty to get the caller. I think they later got them and threw the book at them. The police stated they never wanted to see such terror in parents eyes again. I cannot imagine what the people going through that horror in New York, the Pentagon, and Flight 93 went through. I hope I never do. My heart goes out to all of the victoms and their families. I will not forget...................
I did a tribute sculpture to 9/11 in college a year or two ago.
The faces of some of the victoms were on suspended mirrors in the middle of the lighted towers. A crystal heart and other crystals were also suspended inside. They were lighted from below. A candle burns in front of them. We were in a dark room, at a specific time I turned off one of the lights to the first tower, then at the designated time the light went off to the second tower. Finally I blew out the candle. We were cast in darkness. A muslim student wrote a report on my sculpture. She too was horrified by the event.
