Do Not Let Your Hearts Grow Cold - Reflections on Sept 11th, 2001 with Rosangel

Listen here to my reflection /meditation by the waters of Brooklyn overlooking NYC Freedom Tower #sept11th

Sep 11, 2022

On Sept 11th, 2001, my sister was on the 20th floor working for VH-1 “Save the Music” and I was on floor 22 working for VH-1 News and Docs in Times Square at 1515 Broadway in New York City.

Experiencing the crippling fear, emotion, chaos, and confusion of that day is something we will never forget. It is forever marked in our being.

We were trapped in the city. We didn’t know if we would live to see another day. We didn’t know if we would make it home.

For those of us who found ourselves on the island of Manhattan that day, whether we wanted or not, we looked at death right in the face.

Everything stopped. The trains stopped. The bridges closed. The telephone lines were jammed up for hours.

Remember, we had no cellphones. Some of us had pagers. We all took turns using public payphones to try to call loved ones. It didn’t work… Busy signal.

I would not know about my sisters’ whereabouts till after 8pm that evening.

I was never the same. My sister was never the same. Many mark this day as a turning point in their lives. We were woken up from the safe bubble of NYC.

For some this also marked a moment of great awakenings. We grieved and mourned this tragedy together.

Big tough ass-hole like NYC became compassionate. We saw and witnessed people working together and offering what they could to help bring comfort to those in need.

We must never forget the lives lost on this day. We should always remember the selfless men and women who jumped into the fire ashes and rut to help save people.

Many others died after. The smoke and fumes from that day hurt many New Yorkers and has added to the death toll.

The impact of Sept 11th is still felt today.

Surveillance has increased. The chaos has increased. Depravity has increased. A move away from life and God has increased. Humanity is more divided. We are becoming less compassionate, less caring, more egocentric, and we have allowed the divisive programming from the outside to penetrate our most sacred relationships.

Life is beautiful and dangerous. Life is precious and fleeting.

Life is right now.

Live it well. Do not let your hearts grow cold.

Humanity needs you / us.

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