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But the thought that this could happen here was so bizarre, so surreal, I felt I was in a parallel universe when I saw that huge jetliner fly into the building.<\/p>\n

My first thought was \u2013 Oh my God!\u00a0 How could a jet be flying so low?\u00a0 It never even occurred to me it was an act of terrorism.\u00a0 That\u2019s how na\u00efve I was about it.<\/p>\n

And even after that, and the second one, the idea that the buildings could collapse? <\/em>Never!\u00a0 How on Earth could that happen?<\/p>\n

There are few moments as indelible in my memory as seeing the first tower implode.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sure we will all be watching these images over and over again in the coming week.<\/p>\n

I wanted to be there, helping.\u00a0 I would have gone if I could have.\u00a0 I couldn\u2019t and I will probably always regret that.\u00a0 I am so grateful to those who volunteered at Ground Zero and did whatever they could to help. Quite a few of my friends were there as part of the Scientology Volunteer Ministers<\/a> response team and I know they did what I would have done had I been able to.<\/p>\n

It is hard to believe it has been 10 years.\u00a0 I wish I could say the world has learned from that lesson \u2013 but I think not.<\/p>\n

Rather than seek for and implement solutions to resolve the issues that motivate acts of terror we have sought to use force.\u00a0 Force will never change get at the underlying cause.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"