Dove
We Will Remember You Forever

Waleed J. Iskandar
(1967-2001)

"Wherever he was, that became the best place in the world to be"

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A Broken Heart

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~      September 11, 2011      ~

Today is the 10th Anniversary Ceremony on the WTC grounds. The names of all those who died on Septamber 11, 2001 will be read. Thousands of family members and attendencees are present. Your sister is reading some of the names.
Here is a video of her reading (Please click on her name below):
May Marconet
After the ceremony, we visited the North Memorial Pool and the Memorial Plaza. We went straight to the bronze panel number N-1 which displays your name (Please click on his name below):
Waleed Joseph Iskandar
The Museum Pavillion is still under construction. It will open next year.
September 11, 20011

~      The four Plastic Cards     ~

After the ceremony, we visited 9/11 Memorial Organization office. Your Mom and I decided to donate your plastic cards which were recovered from the debris of Ground Zero to the Organization. The cards will be displayed under your profile in the Museum Pavillion.
They will be available for the generations to come.
September 11, 2011

~      New friends     ~

Every year Orlando, Florida remembers 9/11 by giving a Ceremony of Remembrance and planting 2975 flags in Lake Eola Park. Each flag has the name of one of the victims who died in September 2001. At the end of the ceremony the audience will be encouraged to pick a flag and take home with them.
Gil and Anna Kunster live in Orlando. They sent me a message that this year the flag which they picked was with the name of our son, Waleed Joseph Iskandar. They also sent me a photo of the flag. Here is its photo:


Thank you Gil and Anna.
September 14, 2011

~     God has his own ways     ~

I received a message from Mrs. Michele Hilliard telling me of what happened to her on Sunday September 11 after she attended the Sunday mass at St. John Eudes church in Chatsworth. After his Homily, the priest mentioned that there are two baskets at the exits of the church, full with bracelets with the names of all those who died on 9/11. He encouraged the parishioners to pick a bracelet and pray for the name written on it. The barcelet that Mrs. Hilliard picked was yours.
Now you have a new friend who will remember you and pray for you.
Thank you Michele for writing me. You made my day.
September 19, 2011


~      Shepherd of the Hills      ~

On the 10th Anniversary of the 9/11, Shepherd of the Hills planted 3000 US flags, one for each victim who died on September 11 2001. Our friend Carol Garcia visited the church and took a photo of the flags. Here is what she mailed us.


Thank you Carol
September 23, 2011

~      The US and The Whole World Remembered     ~

The USA and the whole world were thinking about you and about all those who died on September 11 2001. They prayed for all of you. Many newspapers and magazines wrote reports and articles in your memory. Here are some of them:
The German Magazine "Stern" wrote the following:
September 11, 10th. Anniversary
"The Daily News" of Los Angeles wrote the following:
Loss of those killed on 9-11 leaves an emptiness
The Lebanese newspaper "The Daily Star" wrote the following:
Relatives remember cousin
"MSNBC News" wrote the following:
Relatives of victims of 9/11
My sincere thanks for all who sent me links for these articles.
September 24, 2011
~      Christmas 2011       ~

We wish you Merry Christmas.
Eleven Christmas days have passed by since you left this world.
Time flies by so fast. We do not feel it.Today we will pray and visit the cemetery.
Today we will miss you and wish you were with us.
We love you.
(December 25, 2011)
~      Happy New Year 2012       ~

We wish you Happy New Year. Today we will visit the Cemetery and pray to God to make the New Year a year full with Happiness and Peace.
We will celebrate the New Year with your uncle and aunt.
It is the eleven New Year Day since your departure from this life.
We miss you much.
We love you.
(January 1, 2012)
~      Easter Sunday 2012       ~

Our dear son,
More than ten years (to be exact 3862 days) have passed since we lost you. Ten years seems like a long time but not for a parent who lost a child. I think about you often. You are still with me in my heart. Time somewhat healed the wound which was caused by your loss. Right after your death, I decided to honor your memory by writing a personal journal, which I still do. But I find some consolation that you are up in Heaven. I believe that you are in Heaven. Every month, when a new moon appears in the sky, your Mom tells me that she can see you sitting on the edge of the Crescent. She wants to know whether I can see you too.
Yes! I can see you too.
From our tragedy we learned to surround ourselves with friends who loved us and understood the nature of the pain we carry. We found them around us in the church where we worship every day of the year. None of them suggested to us to change our behavior. They take us as we are. We hope to keep their friendship for ever.
We plan today to go to the church and pray. We plan to visit the cemetery. We plan to take with us the usual roses and place them in your vase.
We miss you much.
We love you much.
(April 08, 2012)
~      4000 days       ~

4000 days have passed since you have left this world.
I never thought that I will live to see this milestone. But the Lord wanted that. Here I am eleven years older writing in your journal.
We love you, son!
(August 24, 2012)
~      It is your Birthday       ~

Today, August 25, is your Birthday. You would have been 45 years old.
Almost eleven years have passed since you left us. We will celebrate your Birthday with prayers. We have requested a mass in your memory.
After the mass, we will visit your niche at the cemetery and adorn the vase with flowers.
We love you, son!
(August 25, 2012)
~      Tuesday September 11, 2012       ~

Eleven years ago, early morning, I was sitting in front of the computer following the flight No AA11 departing from Boston to Los Angeles. You were on that flight. I was supposed to meet you at the airport on arrival.
At 6:46 AM your Mom came into the computer room and told me "come look at the TV news. An airplane has hit the trade center building in NY". No information was given. But the image of the building on fire was stuck on the TV set.
I returned to my computer but the track of the flight AA11 was taken away from the screen. It took sometime to identify that the plane that hit the trade center was your flight. The rest is history.
Every year on September 11 the events of this day are repeated in my head like watching a video. The difference this year is that September 11 falls on a Tuesday, the same day as in the year 2001.
Today we will give a mass in your memory, visit the cemetery and think of the good times when you were with us.
We love you.
(September 11, 2012)
~      Christmas 2012       ~

We wish you Merry Christmas.
Twelve Christmas days we have celebrated without you amongst us.
Today we will pray at mass. We will visit the cemetery, as we do every Christmas day. We will decorate your vase with the usual roses. We will spend the day remembering those times you celebrated Christmas with us.
We miss you very much.
We hope that we will meet with you one day
We love you.
(December 25, 2012)
~      LAU Plaque       ~

The plaque of Waleed has been installed at LAU (Lebanese American Universaty) at Byblos the last week of December 2012. Here is a photo of it....



(December 31, 2012)

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