The Lilarose Incident: A Short Story

The thundering sound of the bomb blast could be heard for miles. Men, women, and children run frantically in order to find shelter, being blinding by the massive amounts of dust that have caused the sky to turn yellow. Mothers are scavenging for their children, who were playing games outside, now stuck deep in the rubble of buildings that have collapsed on top of them. Houses have been destroyed, families have been obliterated and innocent lives have been lost. For many around the world, situations like these have become a part of everyday life. In A Pure, High Note of Anguish, author Barbara Kingsolver describes the confusion and questions that arose after the terrorist attacks in New York City on September 11th. 9/11 was the largest terrorist

The book Alandra’s Lilacs starts off introducing one of the main characters, and author Tressa Browers. She becomes pregnant with her longtime boyfriend Lyndle Paul Benjamin Jr. or more commonly known as “Sug”. They soon get married and became pregnant with their first child, a son, who will be named Lyn Alan. Unfortunately, the baby doesn’t survive and dies shortly after his birth. Tressa and Sug desperately wanted to have a child together and shortly thereafter the death of their first child, become pregnant with their second child.

As she hastily made her way through the long-winded hallway, the realisation of her husband being away at war suddenly hit her. The delight evident on her face swiftly turned into an expression of extreme woe. Heartbroken by the fact that he was missing this major milestone, her eyes were a waterfall, dripped with salty tears down her

For the sake of her students, she knew she had to remain calm as many parents of the students worked within the walls of those towers. She was scared and wanted to be with her own family making sure each was safe as her

She was confused at the moment and couldn’t grasp the situation. She knew what was going on was something dangerous. She darted for the subway, only to find that it was out of order. Julissa didn’t know what to do next because she had to pick up her younger sister. Which unfortunately for her was in Brooklyn and she was in Manhattan, a long 5-hour walk was waiting for Julissa.

If you reversed . . . the point of view from Rose Lee to Catherine Jane the

The day of the attacks was just like any other day. Students, teachers, workers and more went off as it was any other day. “It was a sunny day with perfect skies and no fear.” Meanwhile in the towers many thought it was a day more in there normal average day. The day of 9/11 started like the others.

She was more distressed about what she would wear, whether she could accomplish her dress in time, whether what she was wearing was okay, and whether it would look good. The night before when the governor went on television and declared that he had called out the Arkansas National Guard, she thought that he had done this to guarantee the safety of all the students.

When Rebecca was a teenager, she feared school shootings, bombings and terrorism, because of the recent events involving the U.S. and the massacres

“Demaris was shot.” He stopped. “I’m sorry.” Then he left without saying anything else. After we heard the slam of the door, I fell to the ground. My mother and I laid there the rest of the night and cried ourselves to sleep.

It had just seemed like an ordinary day, but after that day had passed, the day of September 11th, was no where close to ordinary. It all started out as if it was any workday.

            "A passenger jet has crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center." The news rang through the entire house. As everybody sat there stunned, I was the first member of the family to stand and walk into the other room. Next, my father and mother traveled through the door. My mother screamed. On the screen, we could see the live coverage of the towers as they were right now. There was a gaping hole on the upper floors of the world trade center and smoke was billowing out at an immense speed.

Mary, unlike a majority of those alive today, has never lived in a pre-9/11 world. All she has ever known is the post 9/11 United States of tight airport security, a

Lilac was the creator god who lived in the clouds. She kept the vault of the

Later that day she had English class with Melvin . “ Um, she whispered quietly to her classmate , “ How exactly does everyone know about what happened after school before the blizzard?” Hoping for no one to hear her.