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My Son
BOOM BOOM BOOM. Loud rumbling noises, faint raspy voices of people
crying for help. Kids crying, blood dripping down their face while lost and
confused and trying to look for their parents. Bodies stuck under cars,
objects, and debris unable to move. With the only hope they have is to cry
for help in hopes of someone can hear them crying for help to escape this
disaster before its too late. The only thing they have on their mind is the
slight thought of motivate from not letting themselves go just because there
may be a slight possibility of being able to see their families again, while
they look around seeing a lifeless body next to them with their skin burnt off
making them unrecognizable.
Violence is everywhere leaving families distraught. Families dont
know how to react to deaths. I dont believe anyone does in fact and thats
totally understandable because its one of our human instincts. Theres
always so many unanswered questions we wonder about when we lose
someone beloved. The worst part about losing someone is not getting
closure nor not getting answers on why or how it happen. You cant help but
blame yourself for the situation and beat yourself up emotionally. You sit and
contemplate on what you couldve done differently to prevent the situation
from happening, and if you were able to do something differently they will
still be here in this world with you. What hurts the most is knowing theres
people roaming the streets freely being able to live with themselves for

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hurting not only the victim but also the victims families. How can someone
be so selfish to take others life to prove a point?
Everywhere we look violence surrounds us, EVERYWHERE Innocent
blood will always cry to God Almighty for reparation. How much blood must
be spilled? How many tears shall we cry? How many mothers' hearts must be
maimed? My heart is maimed. I pray I will see my son, Anthony. Why? I need
to know, Anthony needs to know, Anthony needs to know, so do many others
unaccounted for innocent victims, they need to know. (Collins)
In this article a mother is speaking to the public of her beloved son that
has been missing and shes been unable to locate him. The worried mother is
crying for help but support on her side. Everyone that knows or has affiliated
themselves with the lost son is anxious for answers on where the young man
is. She talks about their relationship and how they would have deep talks
about not wanting to leave this earth. While she constantly waits to hear
from her son she starts to figure out that he may not be coming home and
starts to realize he mightve been one of the victims involved in the vehicle
bombing. It devastates her and she cries and longs for answers on why?
When it comes to violence theres always a soft spot everyone has for
deaths and lost. I believe her intentions in this article was for the readers to
feel as if we lost someone close to us. She repeatedly uses the words I,
need very often she uses those words for us to be able to better connect
with the sorrow shes feeling and to be able to empower us to help her find

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her son. She wants us to have that image and those words dig into our heart
so were able to be vulnerable and better understand the situation and how
desperately she is to find her son. She uses the word need so often
because we need to understand that that its her first priority to locate her
boy. She also mentioned that he was always willing to put people before
him, always so selfless and helpful. Anyone who has been misled, or is
being misled to believe that by killing innocent people he or she is serving
God should think again because it's not true. Terrorism is not the way,
terrorism is not the way. It doesn't beget peace. We can't deliver peace by
terrorism, never can we deliver peace by killing people. The way she
explains how devastated she is, she doesnt talk down on anyone. She talks
about peace and how she wants everyone to come together and violence is
not the answer. Everyone wants peace but not every gets it. People of
different races and creeds, jet-lagged Nigerians and shell-shocked Britons,
mourned Anthony Fatayi-Williams, 26, who died with 55 others, including the
presumed bombers, in the July 7 terrorist attacks on London's transportation
system. (Jones)
I was definitely persuaded by this article. I felt how eager she was to
find her son, I felt the sorrow, and most importantly her words empowered
me. I felt the dagger go through my heart and get pulled out instantly
without any remorse. The way I was able to feel all the emotions she was
feeling by reading this made me wish I was about to comfort her or even try
to give her answers about her missing son. The words she repeatedly used

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stuck without me throughout the whole article because not only did It get
deeper throughout the whole text but every time she repeatedly the word
you felt more emotion running through her heart, and I felt it through mine.
She made me feel as if I related to the young man thats missing.
Unfortunately he did pass away due to the bombing, knowing that people
from all over put aside their differences to come mourn this young man is
incredible.

Collins, Tim. "Straight from the Heart." The Guardian. Guardian News and
Media, 13 July 2005. Web. 02 Oct. 2016.
Jones, Tamara. A London Victim is Laid to Rest. Washington Post. The
Washington Post, 24 July 2005. Web. 23 Oct. 2016