Tribute to Sept 11 Victims...

Hey all,

Some of you may have received this through e-mail already, but I thought it was so good that I'd post it here for everyone. It's a very moving tribute to the victims of Sept 11 and it's guaranteed to make you shed a tear or two. It just takes a couple of mins to download once you click the link, and keep watching once the video stops too. Enjoy!

http://www.addyslane.com/downloads/tribute.swf

P.S. You'll notice also the Imagine circle with the candles piled around it, a very appropriate spot to hold such a vigil.

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[This Message Has Been Edited By Nowhere Man On October 01, 2001 03:17 PM]

[bearkat77]

Thank you, NWM, for posting this. A very moving tribute to those who fell victim to the attacks on Sept. 11.

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[bearkat77]

Here's a link that has a current update on all the victims from September 11, 2001:
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/wtc/victims/default.asp?0cb=-f1g22998

If anyone recognizes a name from these lists, my thoughts and prayers are with you and yours.

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[SleepyHead]

JESUS HELP ME - The Faith of Todd Beamer

"I don't think we're going to get out of this thing. I'm going to have
to go out on faith."

It was the voice of Todd Beamer, the passenger -- and Wheaton College
graduate -- who said "Let's roll" as he led the charge against the
terrorists who had hijacked United Flight 93, the one, you will
remember, that crashed in the Pennsylvania countryside.

The whole world knows how brave Beamer and his fellow passengers were
on September 11. But this week we learned more fully what buttressed
that bravery: Faith in Jesus Christ. Todd died as he lived, a faithful
evangelical believer.

In an article titled "The Real Story of Flight 93," Newsweek reveals
gripping new details from the actual transcripts of the now-recovered
cockpit voice recorder. "Todd had been afraid," Newsweek relates.

"More than once, he cried out for his Savior."

After passengers were herded to the back of the jet, Beamer called the
GTE Customer Center in Oakbrook, Illinois. He told supervisor Lisa
Jefferson about the hijacking. The passengers were planning to jump
the terrorists, he said. And then he asked her to pray with him.

As Newsweek relates, "Beamer kept a Lord's Prayer bookmark in his Tom
Clancy novel, but he didn't need any prompting. He began to recite the
ancient litany, and Jefferson joined him: Our Father which art in
heaven, Hallowed be thy name."

As they finished, Beamer added, "Jesus, help me." And then, Beamer and
his fellow passengers prayed a prayer that has comforted millions down
through the centuries -- the prayer that David wrote in a time of great
anguish: The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. . .Yea, though I
walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil.

And then the famous last words: "Are you guys ready? Let's roll."

We now know from the cockpit voice recorder that Beamer and other
passengers wrestled with the hijackers and forced the plane to crash
into the ground, killing themselves but foiling what was believed to
have been the hijackers' plan to fly Flight 93 into the Capitol or
the White House.

As Christians, we know that God can bring good out of evil. In Todd
Beamer, the world witnesses a faith that held up in the extremity of
fear. A faith that is, even now comforting his widow and two young
sons.

Lisa Beamer told NBC's Dateline, "You know, in the Lord's Prayer, it
asks us to forgive our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass
against us." As Todd prayed this prayer in the last moments of his
life, in a way, Lisa said, "He was forgiving those people for what
they were doing, the most horrible thing you could ever do to someone."

It wasn't Todd Beamer's job to fight terrorists. He was just a
passenger who along with several others did what he didn't have to do
but foiled a terrible evil that might have been done to his country.

As Flight 93 hurtled towards destruction, Todd Beamer could not have
known that his quiet prayers would ultimately be heard by millions --
that the story of his last acts on earth would be a witness to the Lord
he loved and served and a lasting example of true heroism.


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[SleepyHead]

It was late one Tuesday evening,
Before a mother could sit down,
To tell her only child about
The terror that hit downtown.

She looked into the eyes of her son
God, she loved him so,
She felt her heart begin to break
And the hurt begin to show.

She gathered all her strength and courage,
As her story she began to tell.
"Baby don't cry, but I'm afraid daddy
Might be under a building that fell."

The boy looked back at his mother,
His eyes made not one blink.
And the mother's tears began to fall.
What would her baby think?

You see, his dad is a firefighter,
And his hero from the day of his birth.
He loved his dad more than anything else
That could ever inherit this earth.

The mother's head began to drop,
Her forehead resting on palm.
She thought her son would be upset.
Instead, he was very calm.

The boy leaned over towards his mom,
And put his hand upon her head.
In her ear he began to whisper,
And this is what he said

"Mommy please don't cry,
I knew daddy wasn't coming home.
I talked to him just a while ago,
But it wasn't on the phone.

He told me that he loved me,
And he promised we'd meet again.
He told of his new home,
And the job he was to begin."

"God is building an army,
And there are many angels needed.
That, is where daddy and the others went.
They weren't all defeated."

It was then, the mother lifted her head.
The tears streamed down her face.
And she could feel her husband's presence,
As it filled her heart with grace.

It was then she knew her son was right.
He was in God's great army now.
She also knew her son was safe,
That he'd be kept from harm somehow.

So, evil-doers of the world beware.
An army is on the way.
Bolstered by new angels,
Who left the towers that day..

Their commander has never been beaten.
His power has never been matched,
And if evil thinks He was almighty before......
Well, the surface has just been scratched!


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