In Remembrance

I joined SL last year a week or so after 9/11, so this is the first year that I am remembering the anniversary inworld. I worked at World Trade Center, and I was extremely lucky in that I wound up in a crowd with thousands of New Yorkers running over the Brooklyn Bridge to get out of Manhattan. It was a day of disbelief and mass confusion. Every anniversary affects me in a different way, I feel like this year was a little harder than last year, I don't know why. The last couple of days I have gone from sharing all of my experiences with friends to not wanting to talk about it at all. Memories have a way of wanting to be recalled on their own terms, and the last couple of days have left me a little angry. But as all of you that have gone through anything traumatic know, all you can do is work through it and hope for a better day. And no matter what emotions I go through I count my blessings because there were others who weren't as fortunate as I was and who never made it home.

So take some time on this day to think of the survivors, the ones we have lost, and the heroes, the firefighters, the cops, the EMS workers, and all the brave civilians who helped to save so many lives that day.

Here's some information about a memorial that will take place inworld:

On 9.11.08 At approx 8:30 AM Eastern Time "9.11 Never Forget - A Memorial in Second Life” will take place in Second Life at the New York, NYC Sim at the World Trade Center Memorial. This event will be hosted by Melody Regent and her staff at Regent Estates. All are invited to attend and be a part of this very special day of remembrance in which the names of all of the almost 3000 people who perished in the terrorist attacks of 9.11.01 will be read by residents from SL Fashion, Music, Art, Builders, TV, Bloggers, Podcasters and others who have donated their time and efforts to take part. The “9/11 Firefighters Memorial Wall in SL” by Second Life builder "Talin Sands" will be unveiled . If you miss the 8:30 AM reading of the names you can still stop by the sim later in the day when it will be replayed again throughout the day on the music stream.

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