{"id":386,"date":"2009-06-16T08:21:20","date_gmt":"2009-06-16T08:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/cityofbrass\/2009\/06\/thoughts-and-prayers-for-the-h.html"},"modified":"2009-06-16T08:21:20","modified_gmt":"2009-06-16T08:21:20","slug":"thoughts-and-prayers-for-the-h","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/cityofbrass\/2009\/06\/thoughts-and-prayers-for-the-h.html","title":{"rendered":"thoughts and prayers for the Hassaballa family"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hesham Hassaballa, who writes for Beliefnet and was a guest author here on City of Brass, has suffered a tremendous personal tragedy<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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June 7 will forever be burned in my memory. June 7 became my personal 9\/11. I played the movie of her death countless times in my head. I tried to mentally prepare myself for this day for years. But, it did not make it any easier. Not by a long shot. Nothing could prepare me for such a horrific loss. There is no greater pain, no greater suffering, no greater agony than to watch your child die in front of your eyes. I would not wish it on my worst enemy.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Hesham has written at length<\/a> about his daughter’s passing. My thoughts and prayers go out to Hesham and his family. Inna Lillaahi wa inna ‘ilayhi rajioon<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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