My wife, who listened to the radio during the night , in a separate room, heard the incredible breaking news that there had been an attack on the first tower.
She ran into my room, where I was fast asleep , turned the television set on at the foot of the bed, picked up my head , and shouted the incredible news about the attack in New York . We sat on the bed, shocked at the enormity of the outrage .
In respect of the so called 9/ll attack , our sons were personally impacted by the event . One , a fireman , went to America , visited the site , spoke to firemen , posted on a public memorial a poem written by his brother - in the voice of a person who had been sitting in one of the towers- talking to his family after his death .
SITTING IN MY CHAIR
During a recent book search in Townsville another grim reminder of another American tragedy ,the shooting of Robert F. Kennedy, was found.