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http://chrisricecooper.blogspot.com/ Final Calls ... https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/remembering-911-heartbreaking-final-words-13224886  Prayer of Remembrance For 9/11 Lord of Mercy, Prince of Peace, This date, 9-11, carries a heavy burden of memory.  This day does not pass in the calendar without our remembering. We remember images of death and destruction. Images that human eyes were never meant to see.  We remember words our ears were never meant to hear, the tender last words of husbands and wives who would never embrace again. We imagine the feeling of emptiness in the arms of children who at the end of the day could not find mom or dad for their welcome home hug. We remember our own feelings of emptiness as our sense of security, as our own confidence in the predictable order of life and work was radically shaken. This date, 9-11, carries a heavy burden of memory.  We remember the heroism of the many that lost their lives in ...