Project 2,996

There is a project that has been going on for some time now across blogs.  It is like a memorial for those that died during the September 11th terrorists attacks.  I remember being at University in a house with 3 other girls, waking up and getting ready for class when one of us turned on the tv.  We all stood around the tv in complete shock and confusion.  Could this really be happening so close to home, Ontario is not that far away, and why would someone wish for others to die not even knowing who they were.  That day 2, 996 people died, some being as young as 3 years old. 

I picked a woman on the list of victims that was only 23 years old.  Her name was Alysia Burton Basmajian.  She was a wife, mother, daughter, granddaughter and friend.  She had many struggles in life but perservered.   While in college she became pregnant and had a daughter, Kaela, who was 2 years old at the time of her mothers death.  She finished college, got married and moved to New York to work at the Trade Center on the 101st floor as an accountant with Cantor and Fitzgerald. 

My thoughts today are with her family and friends who still love and miss her today.  Her daughter will be 12 years old and starting her teens years where a mother is so important. 

Such a loss was had on this day 10 years ago. 

Remember.