An icon of peace and prosperity is no longer. It's destruction is the result of a horrific act of violence.

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
-- Isaac Asimov

Our next step as a world community is to cope with this inhumane act. We must grieve together for the loss of life. This website was built as a forum and a guide to positively help those affected by this tragedy.
Submit your suggestions to wtc@msmoney.com.

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but
World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
-- Albert Einstein

A POEM - Day One
This isn’t about patriotism
It is about mankind
We are all of the same spirit
Our lives are intertwined
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War One is left with the horrible feeling now that war settles nothing;
	that to win a war is as disastrous as to lose one. -- Agatha Christie

Express Yourself!
Expressing your feelings of anger and hostility through letters and words is an excellent way to heal and a more productive way to ease the pain than by inflicting violence on innocent individuals just because they may have similar heritage to the terrorists. Read a Florida man's letter to the perpetrator.
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Non-violence is not inaction. It is not discussion. It is not for the timid or weak... Non-violence is hard work.
It is the willingness to sacrifice. It is the patience to win. -- Cesar Chavez

Why Build a Sukkah?
The lesson is that only a world where we all recognize our vulnerability can become a world where all communities feel responsible to all other communities. And only such a world can prevent such acts of rage and
murder. Read more

Poem and Letters
Read poems and letters from concerned citizens

A Prayer
by Marianne Willamson

Letter from President Bush

World Shares U.S. Grief

The Global Toll: 42 countries lost lives

The Realities of a War

If you have any information pertaining to the World Trade Center tragedy or the terrorist attacks on America go to FBI web site www.ifccfbi.gov
Victims Hotline: 1-800-331-0075
San Francisco Grief Hotline: 415-954-8151
Victim search via the Internet
Lives lost on hijacked airplanes
United Airlines Hotline: 1-800-932-8555
American Airlines Hotline: 1-800-245-0999
Red Cross Disaster Relief Donation Page
Complete coverage of tragedy can be found at
CNN.com - NY Times - Washington Post

America: The Good Neighbor.
"This Canadian thinks it is time to speak up for the Americans as the most generous and possibly the least appreciated people on all the earth." read why

360 Degree View of the former
World Trade Center

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History of the World Trade Center Minoru Yamasaki, chief architect of the World Trade Center
I feel this way about it. World trade means world peace and consequently the World Trade Center buildings in New York ... had a bigger purpose than just to provide room for tenants. The World Trade Center is a living symbol of man's dedication to world peace ... beyond the compelling need to make this a monument to world peace, the World Trade Center should, because of its importance, become a representation of man's belief in humanity, his need for individual dignity, his beliefs in the cooperation of men, and through cooperation, his ability to find greatness.

The Difference
Suddenly the days are not our own.
There's a new "we" in the place of "I."
The map of our hearts has changed.
There's a new "here" in the place of "there."
And the pain is part of the difference.
And the anger is part of the landscape.
This island of grief is new to us.
The things that brought us here are not.
But the days are not our own.
In the place of me, I put you.
In the place of there, I put here.
That's the difference - that's all.
-- Mark Gelade

Nonviolence The pacifist's task today is to find a method of helping and healing which provides a revolutionary,
	constructive substitute for war. -- Vera Brittain

Peace Alternative Articles:
Whispers of Peace
Calls for Peace

Activists Speak Up
A group of activists has drafted the following statement against
backlash, repression and violence in the form of racial collective punishment regardless if the individuals were associated with this tragedy.

A history forgotten is doomed to repeat itself.
Lessons from Pearl Harbor

Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You
not only refuse to shoot a man,but you refuse to hate him. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Forgiveness allows you to move on with your life.
It does not bring back those from the dead. However, it does allow you to say, "I am not going to let this destroy me. I will survive and make the best of it." I found that the death penalty does not solve anything. I know this for a fact because I witnessed the execution of one of the two monsters that killed my sister. When it was over, I still found that my sister was dead. I did not feel what I had hoped to feel--they call it "closure."

Most victims of violent crime don’t feel closure when their perpetrators are punished. They need to look inward for peace and healing and not outward with hate and violence. The best way to accomplish this is through forgiveness ... Read more

Hope Forgiveness Study
Victims who harbored bad memories and nursed grudges towards their offenders suffered more aversive emotional and physiological responses that may erode health over time, while forgiving responses may enhance it.

Oklahoma City Bombing
What twisted mind could perpetrate such a crime against innocent humanity? Not a foreign terrorist, but a citizen from America's heartland masterminded this act of violence. Revenge neither liberates the families of victims nor ennobles the victims of crime. Only forgiveness liberates.