Amazing Candlelight Vigil

[meboriqua at aol.com]

Hey Everyone -

This is not something I saw on the news (which I've been watching 
almost nonstop) so I don't know for sure how it started.

Raul and I were walking home from dinner at 7pm and we saw people 
outside lighting candles.  As we walked home, we saw people standing 
in clusters, quietly holding candles.  Some people sang "America the 
Beautiful" and others passed candles to one another.  

At our street corner, a child was handing out candles to everyone who 
walked by.  Raul and I went upstairs, got a candle and went back 
outside.  It was amazing; not a car honked (which is a rarity in 
Manhattan) and people walked by, keeping their voices down.  Every 
street corner was crowded with people holding their candles.  Some 
stayed out for nearly an hour.  It was touching and beautiful.

I love my city!

--jenny from ravenclaw and new york ***********************