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9/11 carnage

9/11 – some facts

9/11 carnage

9/11 Carnage

I read these facts about September 11 attack ot WTC, New York.

  • New York City has 11 letters
  • Afghanistan has 11 letters.
  • George W Bush has 11 letters.
  • New York is the 11th state.
  • The first plane crashing against the Twin Towers was flight number 11.
  • Flight 11 was carrying 92 passengers. 9 + 2 = 11
  • Flight 77 which also hit Twin Towers, was carrying 65 passengers.  6+5 = 11
  • The tragedy was on September 11, or 9/11 as it is now known. 9 + 1+ 1 =  11
  • The date is equal to the US emergency services telephone number  911. 9 + 1 + 1 = 11.
  • The total number of victims inside all the hi-jacked planes was 254. 2 + 5 + 4 = 11. (there are contradicting statements to this fact)
  • September 11 is day number 254 of the calendar year. Again 2 + 5 + 4 = 11.
  • The Madrid bombing took place on 3/11/2004. 3 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 4 = 11.
  • The tragedy of Madrid happened 911 days after the Twin Towers incident.

( There are many more such such facts circulating around online, many of them are a hoax. But I have listed only few facts that are true. )

To remember

These coincidences are of least significance compared to the pain the incident inflicted on the world community. Let us pray for the souls departed and their families. Let us pray for a safer tomorrow.

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V for vendetta

Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a bygone vexation stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it’s my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V.

( dialogue from a famous movie, V for Vendetta. It is grammatically correct and makes sense too)

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moments

I did not know where I was. I looked around, but could not tell whether I was on land or in skies. I felt as if I was atop a mountain. Or maybe amidst clouds. Or maybe under the ocean, admiring the corals. But the whole surrounding was beautiful. I felt as if I was born again in a different world.

Am I the only inhabitant in this land ? I listened. Any sound? No. Birds? No. Animals? No. But wait … I realised there was someone else.. Someone whom I knew. Someone whom I like. Good. So I have company in this world.

We spoke for hours together. But neither of us opened our mouths. It was then that I realised : Eyes can speak. Eyes can convey our feelings. Love, Hatred, Anger, Happiness, Sorrow, anything.

How long has it been since we met? Seconds? Minutes? Hours? Or has someone redefined the unit of time? Or is the passage of time relative to the person whom we are spending time with? I had no idea. Neither did I think about these at that time..Why should I ?

We went for a walk… or were we flying? I could not figure out. Because I did not feel any ground. My legs were only too willing to carry me to the farthest places of this world. We walked for a long time, holding hands. We also had food together.  None of the worldly joys or sorrows were lodged in mind. I was very happy. We were very happy. This happiness will last for ever ………..

!@#”Hey Karthik, wake up. Time to get ready and go to college” .. my mom shouted. Was it all a dream? I looked around. My bedroom. No clouds, no corals… Hmmm… those few moments, will I ever get them back? Or was it meant to be a dream ? The walk together, the long hours(or short seconds ??) of talk, were all these meant to be a dream?? Those few moments are etched in my heart. Will we ever get to meet again in this real world? I am wondering…..

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