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Stevie recounts her 9/11 memories
Stevie Nicks recounts her harrowing memories of 9/11
Stevie Nicks InfoFriday, September 11, 20203 min read Stevie Nicks has shared some thoughts about 9/11. Stevie was in New York when the terrorist strikes occurred. She also shared the audio clip of “Illume (9-11)” from Fleetwood Mac’s 2003 album Say You Will, a song reflecting on her 9/11 experience. Read Stevie’s full comments below: Today is 9-11, a day no one ever forgets. As you know I was there ~ and it seems like yesterday. Looking down from high up in the Waldorf Astoria Hotel at 7:30 on the morning of 9-11 at a sea of yellow cabs~ thinking about going out to enjoy the beauty of New York~ deciding to go to sleep for a few hours and then go out… The next time I looked out of that same window it was totally grey. No sign of life. My assistant didn’t wake me until after the second plane hit. And the world changed. I was there from early that morning until Friday night. I waited for my 3 gigs to cancel. I was not going to cancel. As I drove away in a bus as the sun was going down there was a part of me that wanted to say “Turn this bus around. I need to go back.” The love and camaraderie and determination of everyone to help was so strong that you could feel it in your blood. Gathered around the TV~ my small team and I watched George Bush stand on that huge pile of debris~ and spiritually reach out to all of us, to try and give us hope in a hopeless situation. I cried. The city cried. The grey sky was crying. But we didn’t feel beaten. We had this illusive thing in our hearts called hope. Hope is everything. The lack of hope ~ is devastating. The opposite of hope ~ is nothing. When I got home 6 weeks later, I wrote a song called Illume. I have never been able to sing it on stage. I can still hardly listen to it 19 years later. The thing about a song is~ it lives on and reminds you~ in detail~ what happened on a day like 9-11. I’m going to go listen to it now. Love, Stevie Nicks P.S. Below is a snippet of a poem I wrote in 2008. I thought these words might mean something to you right now. Poetry is an amazing thing. Sometimes you say things in a poem that you might not say in real time. Please God Show us the way Please God, on this day~ Spirits all, give us the strength Peace can come if you fight harder~ I think we’re just in time To save it Please God Show us the way I hope these words give you some hope~ I love you all, Stevie Illume (9-11)
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