Ten days after 9/11, a child’s Irish dance lifted hearts across the country. She learned a lesson that still guides her.
Ten days after 9/11, Americans were still reeling from the terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people, a sense of grief and shock lingering like the dust clouds hovering over the collapsed Twin Towers.
A little girl who lived on Arbor Road in Winston-Salem was too young to comprehend the enormity of the loss, but she could feel that people were hurting.
“What can I offer for people?” she asked herself.
Nine-year old Collier Wimmer slipped into a green dress trimmed with embroidery, pulled her hair back into a ponytail and with her arms stiffly to her side began to dance in front of a handmade sign that read: “Irish danceing for American relief funds.”
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