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It Was A Perfect Day Essay

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It was a perfect day. The sun was like always, shining bright. No dark clouds to mar the beauty of the sky. But life is a surprise. You never know what to expect from it.
One second I stood there; looking at my watch and counting the time if I could slip to the burger joint and pick a quick meal or I had to rush inside the interiors of world trade centre and start with another long day at office… And in that nano split second;
THE CHOICE WAS MADE
If someone asked me right then, what happened, I would not have been able to say. It’s like a flash. You blink your eyes and open it and wham. Nothing remains the same. The earth might not have shifted on the axis, but for too many people, the world turned upside down and it will never straighten again. …show more content…

I do not really have a clue of what actually happened. It was like life was rushing in slow motion and in some rapidly quick shots together. Nothing was making any sense at all. It just didn’t.
A plane can’t crash a building. It is just NOT possible; I slapped myself hard. Harder.
“Wake up dammit. Wake up. No one dreams such horrid nightmare. Wake the sh*t up NOW”
I might have mumbled those words out loud. As I told, I don’t really recall any of the events of 9/11. They both happened and didn’t. I was standing, alive, watching, and witnessing and may be dreaming. Oh I swear, I prayed a million times and then some more.
“May this be a dream? This has to be a dream. No plane crashes right in the middle of a city. Such insane illogical stuff happen only in dreams”
That was when I was thoroughly convinced, I am dreaming and I can’t tell you if I had ever been “more” happier before. I laughed the loudest I could. It wasn’t the laugh of a lunatic mind you. It was the true happy laugh which you laugh when you feel like you’ve won the biggest gift you’ve forever desired. Because I finally realized I am …show more content…

The nurse told me, I suffered major head injuries. Something to do with shock. Big medical words. I don’t know. I cannot recall… The only thing I could recall was my wife. And the dream which by now I had no clue what it was. My head was roaring… I couldn’t separate reality and dream.
What part did I dream and what was reality?? Where was Ashiya when I wanted her the most? Why am I here? What is the confusion? Why can’t I recall things with clarity? I called on Allah; I wanted some clearance of mind. Was I dreaming?
I called the nurse, but she had to rush. There were too many patients. Too many wounds. Too much blood. Was the plane dream true? NOOOOOOOOOO, I screamed and the nurse came running. I don’t recall what happened after that.
Except I woke up in a cell.
Nope, not the fancy cell… 4 by 4 room with almost no space to breathe and an angry, tired, scary, tall, hurt, police officer staring me in my eyes…
“Mr. Abdul, what role you played in 9/11. We need names”
I could barely understand. “Where’s Ashiya”, I asked.
You were reported celebrating the event and calling it a dream
“Where is Ashiya?” I

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