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WE DIED ON SEPTEMBER THE 11Th, THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND AND ONE, THE WORLD WATCHED IN HORROR, AT THE DEED THAT YOU HAVE DONE .
BUT THE TERROR THAT YOU'VE INFLICTED, BACKFIRED, AS YOU KNOW, IT HAS PULLED THE WORLD TOGETHER, WE SEE THE LOVE AND RESPECT THEY SHOW .
WE SEE NATIONS PULL TOGETHER, TO FIGHT FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVE, TO KEEP OUR RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, THAT WE FOUGHT FOR AND ACHIEVED .
WE SEE A NEW RESPECT FOR POLICEMEN, FIREMEN , VOLUNTEERS AND SUCH, PEOPLE STOP TO SAY "THANK YOU", BECAUSE OF THE LIVES THEY'VE TOUCHED .
WE WEREN'T FIGHTING FOR ANY CAUSE, WHEN YOU TOOK OUR LIVES THAT DAY, WE WERE INNOCENT FAMILY PEOPLE, NOT A THREAT IN ANY WAY,
TO OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY, HATE HAS TORN US APART, YOU WERE FOREMOST IN OUR THOUGHTS, WE SAID "GOOD-BY" IN OUR HEARTS.
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In her own words: Margaret High wrote in an email on October 12, 2003 "I wrote this poem in hopes that it would give peace to the families of the victims of 9-11."

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