I saw his friends die

I saw his friends die

in real time as he did

I saw the plane, the building,

melt in such sorrow.

 

I saw as he watched

seeing in horror

rage of the engines

the scream of that attack.

 

I saw him crumple,

his legs buckle beneath him

He knew in an instant

that all of them were gone.

 

I saw his mind race

the room now a prison

needing to get out of there

springing into action.

 

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edited September 11, 2021

I saw his friends die

 

September 11, 2021

I watched his friends die

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/09/i-watched-his-friends-die.html

edited September 11, 2021

September 12 – v3

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/09/september-12-v3.html

edited September 11, 2021

September 12 – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/09/september-12-v2.html

September 11, 2021

September 12

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/09/september-12.html

edited September 11, 2021

September 11 – v5

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2021/09/september-11-v5.html

edited September 11, 2019

September 11 – v4

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2019/09/september-11-v4.html

edited September 10, 2016

September 11 – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/09/september-11-v3.html

(editing original)

15^th anniversary of September 11, 2001

Edited September 11, 2012

“September 11 – v2”

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/09/september-11-v2.html

September 11, 2010

September 11

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2010/09/september-11.html

September 11, 2001

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September 10, 2016

entombed within the rubble

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/09/entombed-within-rumble.html

edited September 10, 2016

As I woke this morning – v4

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/09/as-i-woke-this-morning-v4.html

15^th anniversary of attacks of September 11, 2001

+++++++++++++

September 10, 2016

his body slumped

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2016/09/his-body-slumped.html

15^th anniversary of attacks of September 11, 2001

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edited November 23, 2015

As I woke this morning – v3

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/11/as-i-woke-this-morning-v3-as-i-woke.html

(editing version 2)

&

September 22, 2011

Fruits of Rage

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2011/09/fruits-of-rage.html

melding the consequence of possibly executing an innocent man

and the decade since September 11, 2001

September 21, 2011

Fruits of a Decade

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2011/09/fruits-of-decade.html

September 21, 2011

Seeds of Hate

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2011/09/seeds-of-hate.html

September 11, 2011

Reclaiming September 12

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2011/09/reclaiming-september-12th.html

September 11, 2011

Reliving these moments

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2011/09/reliving-these-moments.html

September 10, 2011

Terror Real

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2011/09/terror-real.html

10^th anniversary of September 11, 2001

and the plot to attack DC and NY

reported September 9, 2011

&

edited September 10, 2011

As I woke this morning – v2

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2011/09/as-i-woke-this-morning-v2.html

all of my September 11, 2001 poems

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2011/05/my-september-11-2001-poems-before-news.html

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September 11, 2008

As I woke this morning

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2008/09/as-i-woke-this-morning.html?m=0

On the anniversary of September 11, 2001

watching it my first year of law school

Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, NH

 

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