My tribute to September 11, 2001 - in presentation format. Pictures were taken from web sources in the weeks following 9/11/01 and are used without permission or any rights obtained. I hope the image owners don't mind, given the context and non-commercial use.

1. “One”
September 11, 2001
Poem: Cheryl Sawyer
Pictures: Various
Music: “One” by U2 Compilation: Mark Elsenheimer

2. As the soot and dirt and
ash rained down,

3. We became one color.

4. As we carried
each other
down the
stairs of the
burning
building,

5. We became one class.

6. As we lit candles of
waiting and hope,
Sweden
Munich, Germany

7. We became one
generation.
Minsk, Belarus
Zagreb, Croatia

8. As the firefighters and
police officers fought their
way into the inferno,

9. We became one gender.

10. As we fell to our knees in
prayer for strength,

11. We became one faith.
Outside the US embassy in Berlin

12. As we whispered or
shouted words of
encouragement,
Oslo, Norway
Israelis outside the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv

13. We spoke one language.
Outside US Embassy, in Moscow, Russia;
On sign: "Americans: We mourn."
Outside the US Consulate in Sydney

14. As we gave our blood in
lines a mile long,
We became one body.

15. As we mourned together
the great loss,
Outside US embassy in Berlin
European Union

16. We became one family.
Pristina, Kosovo
Palestinians in East Jerusalem

17. As we cried tears of grief
and loss,
London, UK

18. We became
one soul.

19. As we retell with pride of
the sacrifice of heros,

20. We become one people.

21. One color
One class We are…
One generation
One gender
One faith
One language
One body
One family
One soul
One people

22. We are The Power of One.
US embassy in Stockholm, Sweden

23. We are United.
Outside the American Consulate in Sydney, Australia

24. We are
America.

25. “One”
As the soot and dirt and ash rained down, As we cried tears of grief and loss,
We became one color. We became one soul.
As we carried each other down the stairs of As we retell with pride of the sacrifice of
the burning building, heros,
We became one class. We become one people.
As we lit candles of waiting and hope, We are...
We became one generation. One color
As the firefighters and police officers fought One class
their way into the inferno, One generation
We became one gender. One gender
One faith
As we fell to our knees in prayer for strength, One language
We became one faith. One body
As we whispered or shouted words of One family
encouragement, One soul
We spoke one language. One people
As we gave our blood in lines a mile long, We are The Power of One.
We became one body.
We are United.
As we mourned together the great loss,
We became one family. We are America.
– Cheryl Sawyer