“When it is Dark enough you can see the stars.”

Charles A. Beard

Kevin Long

Age 10

 

            In a time of need, our country has shown that it still stands united.  In the last ten weeks it has been dark, black and very hard to live a normal, everyday life.  The stars, Mayor Guiliani and President Bush, will work together and gather more stars that can guide us through this tragedy and back into the light that is normal life.

 

The New York City Fire Fighters gave the word hero a new definition with their courage.  Superman was brave and courageous in his stories, but not even he would have the courage to save hundreds of lives, work twelve-hour days, and carry disabled men and women down fifty to one hundred flights of stairs.  The fire fighters are true super heroes. 

           

It’s crazy that in two hours the world changes and a “page” in history and life is “turned.”  Our lives will never be the same.  Prior to September 11^th the news was about President Bush not speaking correct English, and now it is about 3,500 people dying in these attacks.

 

Now there’s a new normal, a normal that includes anthrax and constant fears.  To survive in this new normal we must wake up and rise to the situation.  This tragedy has brought out the best of the United States of America and its people.  It shows that we really are indivisible as stated in the Pledge of Allegiance.