LETTER: 9/11 Juxtaposed Man’s Inhumanity with Humanity

August 25, 2013

DEAR EDITOR,

Last week my spouse and I took a mini-vacation to the Inner Harbor area of Baltimore. While walking over to visit the National Aquarium I noticed a pile of twisted steel girders outside a tall building. The building turned out to be the Baltimore World Trade Center and the girders were part of a memorial to the 68 Marylanders who perished as a result of the 9/11 tragedy.

While I continued walking, my mind returned to what I was doing and where I was on that fateful day. Whenever I think back, it is always with an overriding sense of sadness.

9/11 Memorial at Baltimore World Trade Center (Photo: Don Woods)

Ironically, upon arriving home I was greeted by an email with a story I had never heard of. It was about the incredibly heartwarming response of the people of Gander, Newfoundland, to dozens of airliners forced to land at their airport and the follow-on response by the airline passengers. After reading the article, I couldn’t help but thinking about the juxtaposition of examples of man’s humanity and inhumanity.

Click for images of the Baltimore World Trade Center
Click for New York Times article about the response of the people of Gander

BOB ROCHE
Cape Charles

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