"I feel so angry because I did not see her (that) Tuesday morning because she leaves home at 6:00 am to get to work for 7:00 a.m. I have so many mixed feelings for the men who did this. I don't want to say it's hate, but that is how I feel." - 11-year-old Ameiza Khan

"…THERE are some things I want to tell my mother. I want to say that I love her very much and that I hope she made it out of the building. I know in my heart that I will see her soon and if I don't, I know that she will always be watching over me and that she will always love me."

These are the simple wishes of an 11-year old girl whose mother, Sarah Khan, is among 24 Guyanese, missing since September 11. On that day, terrorists in an orchestrated and brutal attack on America, used aeroplanes to destroy New York City's World Trade Center Twin Towers. More than 6,000 persons have been missing since then and are believed to buried under the ruins of the WTC.

The 32-year-old year old mother, formally of Zeelugt, South East Bank Essequibo, was an employee of the Cantor Fitzgerald firm and worked on the 101st Floor of Tower One.

At their home in Ozone Park, Queens, for the second consecutive weekend since the tragedy, Sarah's husband and their two daughters are clinging to hope that she is still alive.

Daughter Ameiza, put her feelings about the tragedy and her missing mother in a class assignment last week.

"I feel so upset and confused because it's been eight days and I haven't heard from or seen my mother. My biggest fear is that I will never see her again," Ameiza wrote.

It is clear that the child is experiencing a range of emotions including fear, anger, sadness and hope.

"I feel so angry because I did not see her (that) Tuesday morning because she leaves home at 6:00 am to get to work for 7:00 a.m. I have so many mixed feelings for the men who did this. I don't want to say it's hate, but that is how I feel."

"They took so many lives and it's not fair. My mom and so many other people are still missing and I hope they return," Ameiza said.

Ameiza, her dad and sister continue to hope and pray for their miracle.

Meanwhile, at a home in Richmond Hill, Queens, another young girl missed her mommy, Sita Shewnarine.

"Vicky is only five years old. Sometimes we (relatives) wonder whether she really understands what has happened to her mother," Shewarine's older brother Gopaul said.

"On Monday, I will be seeking professional advice on how I should approach telling my niece certain things," Gopaul added.

The family has been keeping a vigil since a last telephone conversation between Sita and a close relative, shortly after American Airlines flight 11 slammed into WTC tower one.

Sita worked in Tower Two as a computer specialist with a Trust Corporation.

"She has a degree in Marketing. She served the Lord faithfully and she was deeply involved in the Church; Bethlehem Assembly of God. She was part of the Missionettes and the Sunday School," Gopaul spoke fondly of his missing sister.

Guyana Consul General in New York, Brentnol Evans was among the many supporters who visited the household yesterday.