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CAN YOU IMAGINE?


CAN YOU IMAGINE?

YOU WATCHED IT.

BUT,

DID YOU FEEL IT?

BAM. BAM.

DID YOU HEAR?

THOSE WHERE THE BODIES HITTING THE GROUND 

AFTER WAVING GOOD BYE BEFORE JUMPING OFF THE BUILDING.

CAN YOU IMAGINE?

SITTING.

 WAITING.

WONDER.

PLEADING.

NOT FOR YOURSELF BUT FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT THE BUILDING COLLAPSED ON.

PRAYING.

FOR THE FEW SURVIVOR THAT MANAGED TO GET OUT.

CAN YOU IMAGINE?

THE CHOICES.

WHICH WAY TO GO?

CHOICES IN LIFE THAT CAN CHANGE ANYTHING.

BUT YOU,

DID YOU MAKE THE CHOICE?

THE CHOICE TO SURVIVE.

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