I was living in Hawaii 9/11/01. The attack was on a Tuesday. Thursday evening the secular Oratory met as usual. In that small group and in that parish so far from New York City we found that one couple had a son going to work at the World Trade Center at the time of the attack. The subway train kept going and did not stop until it reached 42nd Street. There was no explanation but he looked downtown and saw the horrible sight that he had just missed being a part of. Another woman’s God child was killed in the attack when she was caught in the lobby where she was to meet other people who were being rewarded by their company with a seminar at the World Trade Center. Another couple in Hawaii had a son working just a few blocks down the street and he could see everything and eventually had to flee the collapse and the debris. So in this small group so far away there were these three. I had a school mate who had just gotten promoted to a chef’s position and was in the restaurant. It cost her her life. Can any of us think that we live isolated lives?
Now again thanks to Congressman Wilson of South Carolina we have a country that thinks mistakenly that the health care package will allow illegal aliens to get access to a doctor. As I said in a previous post, we are facing disaster again if someone sick but illegal cannot get to a doctor and they have something like swine flu. I think we should bring back those medical disaster movies. We are all linked and if we do not know this now we will find out to our great sorrow later. It is really only a matter of time.

Tags: 9/11, health care, plague