Her name is Donna Barneck. For some people, handing out flags or donating blood helped them cope with terrorist attacks on the United States and the uncertain future our country faces. Writing about the terrorist bombings is a cathartic way to clarify our thoughts and create a historical record, says D'Arcy Fallon, a former Gazette columnist now teaching English composition and creative nonfiction at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. Whether through personal narrative, essays or poetry, we need to testify about this cataclysmic event that has changed the world, our world, forever. In today's edition are some the poems, essays and photos that area residents created to come to grips with the horror.
Excited people begin to choke.
Planes crashing, people gasping, people crying, people dying. Children fear, for the end is near. Mothers hold their babies with arms of shock, and never once take a step to walk. Fathers protect their families with brave but frightened souls, they begin to cry and throw away their goals. This day will be forever remembered whenever comes September, for Americans that still awake each day shall be forever scared with disbelief, sadness and horror.