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Commemorative Speech: United Flight 93
Nicole Olmstead
Remillard, COM 212
October 8, 2013
Commemorative Speech

United Flight 93
At 8:46am on September 11, 2001 the world stands still.
Smoke billowing, fire consuming, two gleaming towers falling.
A third strike, Lady Liberty crumples to one knee.
This is ground zero.

No cough can expel it.
No bandage can cover it.
No pill can numb it.

The world stands watching, its mouth frozen agape.
America is under attack.
Hundreds fight to save what is already lost.
The world stands scolding this campaign which has no politicians, no election and no winner.
Americans dig deep into the destruction and lift their faces to the heavens, crying at what they find.
Children mourn for their mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers.
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