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A GLORIOUS SEPTEMBER MORNING NEW YORKERS STARTING A NEW DAY A PLANE FLYING LOW OVER WASHINGTON SQUARE FOLLOWING WEST BROADWAY THE PLANE FLEW STRAIGHT AT THE TOWER ENTERING THE 96TH FLOOR FOREVER CHANGING THE SKYLINE OUR WORLD WON'T BE THE SAME ANYMORE JOHN PERRY WENT TO POLICE PLAZA TO RETIRE FROM THE FORCE THAT DAY HE DIDN'T HESITATE, HE COULD HAVE JUST WALKED AWAY BUT RAN TO HELP AT THE TWIN TOWERS OF TRADE JOHN WENT DOWN WITH THE BUILDING AS HE HELPED PEOPLE DOWN THE STAIRS WITH NO THOUGHT OF THE DANGER HE SOUGHT TO HELP STRANGERS AS SMOKE BILLOWED IN THE AIR HEROES, BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY FATHER MYCHAL JUDGE, THE FIREFIGHTERS FRIAR ACCOMPANIED THEM TO THE RAGING FIRE IN SHOCK AND DISMAY, DOWN THE AVENUE THEY RACED WATCHING AS ANOTHER PLANE BURST THE SECOND TOWER INTO FLAMES THE FIRST TO FALL WAS THE CHAPLAIN T’WAS SAID TO WELCOME THE OTHERS WHO’D DIE WITH NO THOUGHT OF THE DANGER A LIFE, HELPING STRANGERS AS SMOKE BILLOWED IN THE AIR HEROES, BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO THE FAMILIES ON THIS UNBELIEVABLE DAY INNER LANDSCAPES CHANGED & NO ONE UNTOUCHED AS WE GRIEVE FOR THEIR LOVED ONES CAN'T LET OUR FREEDOM GO DOWN WITH THE BUILDINGS OR LET COURAGE DIE ON THOSE STAIRS BUT, THERE'S A DANGER WE'LL FORGET WHAT WE'RE SEEKING TO PROTECT AND THE HOLY SPIRIT SINGS IN DESPAIR HEROES, BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY A BATALLION WENT DOWN WITH THE BUILDING AS THE BRIGADES CHARGED UP THE STAIRS WITH NO THOUGHT OF THE DANGER THEIR JOB TO SAVE STRANGERS AS THE SMOKE BILLOWED IN THE AIR |