“Messages from the Sky” by Fred Moramarco

Through out the poem people are saying goodbye to their parents, wives, and children. This poem is about the 9/11 incident. While reading this poem I thought of how hard it was for all those to know that they where going to die and not be able to do nothing about it especially the young ones who where to young to know what was happening. This poem made me feel sad to know that all those people had to suffer for no good reason. My favorite line in the poem would have to be “Mommy, the building is on fire, there’s smoke coming through the walls, I can’t breathe. I love you Mommy, goodbye.” The reason why I chose this line was because I couldn’t help but feel bad for that poor little girl.

The first time I heard about the 9/11 incident was when I first got home and I saw my mom watching the news. Once I got home I just sat down with my family and started watching the news. At first I thought that this was unreal, for someone to do that to all those people just because someone tells you to. After it was all over it didn’t really affect my life because no one that knew was involved so I just tried to forget about it. What I remember about the day of the twin towers is how all those people died, watching them fall out of the buildings, all the people who died in the planes, ad all those who tried to save them.

If I where stuck in the World Trade Center or in one of the hijacked planes I would have totally freaked out and attacked the hijackers even if it meant loosing my life. I would have called the fire department and told them to get me out of there as soon as possible or I would have called my mother and informed her about my situation. I would have told her to make sure not to feel depressed even though I wasn’t going to make it, because I would not like her to suffer because of my death.

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