Remembering the Twin Towers

To the Editor:

I’m numb when I think of them, those two towers so lofty in the sky

Kissing clouds, greeting our eyes those wonderful monument of incredible size.

Now we must say goodbye. Why?

Tour guiding for ten years, brought me to your 110 floors, trying to remember

Every fact to share with tourists of many nations. It was such a thrill to greet you every time, I entered your halls, there was a sense of awe, admiration, pride. You made the skyline stunning and divine. Artists, and photographers tried to capture your essence, you captured their hearts with your majesty. Now you are but a fantasy.

I see the remains of you now, a national symbol, twisted steel, broken glass, smoke lingering near you. This is an outrage! You were meant to be with us through time unmemorable. You did not deserve to crumble, to become instant rubble.

“Magnificent towers”, that’s what you were, lighting up the skyline and our hearts. What will we think when we see the skyline, now naked where you proudly stood?

Beneath you, forever entombed, are firefighters, police and workers who were trapped just like you. Innocent people, whether, escaping, rescuing or trying to earn a living were felled by your glass, your steel, and your girders. You became a weapon as were the innocent people on the plane that ripped into you.

Is this reality? I wish it only a bad dream, but it’s horribly true. I just want to remember you, I want to close my eyes, and wish you there.

Thank you dear towers for bringing so much joy, and beauty to so many; you will live long towering in our hearts.

Rita L. Frost

5 Castle Lane, Newtown             September 18, 2001