The day fell in Ramadan on a Friday. It rained all day. The media had descended upon NY city like vultures five days preceding the anniversary. All of them were looking out for a victim's family member who was willing to go on live from ground zero in the wee morning hours and put out their sad story.
What the media and society fails to understand is that for those who lost their loved ones, every day is a 911 for them. We make constant effort every single moment to live with the loss, the sense of immense grief, a vacuum in which a cycle of thoughts keep circling like a merry go round, without any beginning or end. The questions breeze through the recesses of the consciousness without any awareness, and without any answers. Every moment we make an effort to smile and keep our pain to ourselves.
If the world wants to pay tribute to the lives lost, honor them with community service. The words expressed that day by President Obama and VP Biden cut your soul. Their words show true compassion because they have been there and know what it is to lose a loved one. The best tribute to 911 is the declaration of the day as a day of Remembrance and Community Service. This is how we honor the legacy of all those who died that day.
Love you very much and miss you my son, Salman.
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