'The tragedy of 11 / 9 as happened yesterday'

It has been 10 years since the tragedy 11 / 9, but in many American minds, it just happened like yesterday.

The most difficult for the victims of terrorism and the United States to learn how to erase the horrible memories, learn to live with loss, grief and learn to cope with existing disease wickedness since the attacks of history.

Overcoming the pain of loss

Shari Tolbert, 42, who live in homes with small children. Visually, the life of this little family nothing more peaceful neighbors around. But to get that is the great effort of a widow to feed themselves rowing against the family and overcome suffering bereavement.

Her husband, Lt. Col. Otis Vincent Tolbert was killed in the Pentagon terrorist attacks Tuesday 11/9/2001, when an aircraft of the terrorists plunged into the building. That event has completely changed the lives of her family and many other Americans.

Everything suddenly collapsed, weighed heavily on the shoulders of women who live quiet lives happy.Many people can not ever get up after losing her husband, where a solid spiritual and material for small families. However, life and children are not allowed Shari poetry anymore. She had to overcome terrible pain to raise two children to people.

Unable to live in homes filled with memories of love, Shari moved to another city, where close to her parents to seek further prop life. Despite trying to find orientations, but Shari inevitable depression after her husband died. During the past two years, her life is really flooded with tears and sadness. As though she could not ever get up but the encouragement of her husband was alive helped Shari strength. Saying "I love and proud of you" Shari's husband has gradually bring back to life.

She drove to the family counseling center Fresno with a bag full of paper containing notes and two sad book. She decided to become a consultant, the work reflects what she went through. She got rid of depression and learning more master's degrees to help others find their life's purpose as you.

Almost 10 years passed, Shari has not forgotten the habit of waking up every morning to find her husband. In her little house, hanging pictures everywhere late husband and the wife he left an obsessive character. Her eldest daughter was 19 years old this year and boy has also 11, but for her, everything seems just happened yesterday.

Many families are still trying to bring life back to normal.

As the circumstances of Shari, Floyd Rasmussen said the woman lost love of his life. Met as the fate of fate, when her last round Rhonda Sue Ridge 17 years old, they gave each other love in the first meeting at the party all year in 1973. Thoughts as they will always live together for life, but the terrorist attacks on the twin towers had robbed her Tuesday 11/09/2001 Rhonda from his hands.

Men are strong, but they think it's difficult to think up. Pain of losing his wife and myocardial infarction disease made him really exhausted. Learn for private moments of his wife, the longest period in his life.Then, resorting to DNA samples, he was only recovered the bodies of his beloved wife. Loneliness, emptiness as the knife wound to the heart lonely man in his twilight years. 10 years have passed but the feeling of loneliness lonely not hurt and will definitely follow him until his death.

Fighting the pain of illness

After the terrorist attack today 09/11/2001, firefighters have truly become the hero in the hearts of Americans. They do not regret working themselves into danger to save the lives of people trapped in the towers. They are not afraid to plunge into a huge dust cloud to find trapped victims. Therefore, they are to suffer the most after the disaster 11 / 9.

Firefighters struggled in the dense dust cloud to find missing people.

In addition to the firefighters killed, many survivors struggled with cancer fighting respiratory tract caused by dust. But few doubt that many of them have spent little savings the family to treat diseases suffered by wickedness in dust after terrorists.

Ralph and Barbara Geidel had to spend nearly $ 100,000 to treat cancer, tongue and neck that he suffered two years later while on duty at the site of the collapsed twin towers. They did not receive subsidies from the government after what he has to offer. The only hope of the family Geidel current health insurance for the victims of terrorism 11 / 9 was signed into law the president earlier this year.

Accordingly, James Zadroga Act provisions will spend $ 1.5 billion in funds to pay medical expenses for those affected by the terrorist attacks 11 / 9. Ironically, the couple covered Geidel not be paid because the insurance does not cover cancer. The managers argued that not enough scientific evidence to conclude that the cancer is a consequence of the terrorist attacks 11 / 9.

However, according to doctors, cancer, cancers of Ralph is rare in young people. This disease is recognized only in the alcohol and heavy smoking age from 60 to 70. In fact, Ralph was only 44 years old and no alcohol or tobacco.

Ralph's case is not only recognized, but none of them receive subsidies from the government. 10 years have passed, but the pain of disease and medication burden is weighing on the shoulders of the United States had been praised as heroes.