Fallen Towers

 
He was aware of the crash before it happened. It is why he woke up early that morning and turned on the television. There it was: two skyscrapers burning, billowing with smoke, crumbling to the ground. Immediately, he called his director to see what to do about program that afternoon. It was closed she said. He stayed glued to the television watching people jump to their deaths, and he knew everyone else was doing the same thing including the youth in his program.

He cried not only for the loss of life but also for the loss of innocence.

The next day he realized innocence was lost way before the towers fell.

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