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*   **Sent:** Wednesday, September 11, 2002 12:47:00 PM
*   **Subject:** DON'T BREAK IT UNTIL SEPTEMBER 11
*   **From:** "Dr E. Maxwell"
*   **To:** Wendy Whitworth
*   **Cc:** Sylviane Bouchery, Donald De Bethune, Alexander Djerassi, Christine Maxwell, Betty Rubenstein, Ian Maxwell, Ghislaine Maxwell, Isabel Maxwell, Anne Holve, Bea Green, Kevin Maxwell, Philip Maxwell, Wendy Whitworth.

My dear children, and dear friends,

I received this from George Halas an Australian friend of mine and son of a Holocaust survivor, too late to send it to any other people to spread it before the 11th, but I found the poem so moving and so apt, even to my own circumstances that I thought I would send it to you as I thought you might appreciate it and are unlikely to have received it from anyone else.

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Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 17:09:59 EDT

<table><tr><th></th><th>&gt;&gt; This hasn't been broken since September 11,</th></tr><tr><td>&gt;</td><td>please keep it going....</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt;&gt;</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">this poem has been kept alive and moving since
&gt;that time. In memory</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt;&gt; of</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt;&gt; all those who perished this morning; the</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">&gt; passengers and the pilot on</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt;&gt; the</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt;&gt;</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">United Air and AA flights, the workers in the
&gt; World Trade Centre and</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt;&gt; the</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt;&gt; Pentagon, and all the innocent bystanders. Our</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">&gt; prayers go out to the</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt;&gt; friends and</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt;&gt; families of the deceased...</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt;&gt;</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt;&gt;</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt;&gt;</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt;&gt; IF I KNEW...</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt;&gt;</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt;&gt; If I knew it would be the last time</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt;&gt; That I'd see you fall asleep</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt;&gt; I would tuck you in more tightly</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt;&gt; and pray the Lord, your soul to keep.</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt;&gt;</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt;&gt; If I knew it would be the last time</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt;&gt; that I see you walk out the door,</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt;&gt; I would give you a hug and kiss</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>&gt;&gt; and call you back for one more.</td></tr></table>

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<table><tr><th>If I knew it would be the last time
I'd hear your voice lifted up in praise,
I would video tape each action and word
so I could play them back day after day.</th></tr><tr><td>If I knew it would be the last time
I could spare an extra minute,
to stop and say "I LOVE YOU"
instead of assuming you would know I do.</td></tr><tr><td>If I knew it would be the last time
I would be there to share your day,
Well I'm sure you'll have so many more,
so I can let just this one slip away.</td></tr><tr><td>For surely there's always tomorrow
to make up for an overnight,
and we always get a second chance
to make everything just right.</td></tr><tr><td>There will always be another day
to say "I love you',
And certainly there's another chance
to say our "anything I can do?"</td></tr><tr><td>But just in case I might be wrong
and today is all I get,</td></tr><tr><td>I'd like to say how much I love you
and I hope we never forget.</td></tr><tr><td>Tomorrow is not promised to anyone,
young or old alike,</td></tr><tr><td>And today may be the last chance
you get to hold your loved one tight.</td></tr><tr><td>So if you're waiting for tomorrow,
why not do it today?</td></tr><tr><td>For if tomorrow never comes,
you'll surely regret the day.</td></tr><tr><td>That you didn't take extra time
for a smile, a hug, or a kiss
and you were too busy to grant someone,
what turned out to be their one last wish.</td></tr><tr><td>So hold your loved ones close today
and whisper in their ear,
Tell them how much you love them
and that you'll always hold them dear.</td></tr><tr><td>Take time to say "I'm sorry,"
"Please forgive me," "Thank You," or "It's OK"
And if tomorrow never comes,
you'll have no regrets about today.</td></tr></table>