A Silent Hero - Lia Clark: Part 2

In part two of “A Silent Hero,” host W. A. Christensen interviews Lia Clark, the “miracle child” of Calvin and Cheryl Clark spoken of in part one. After Calvin Clark was electrocuted in the line of duty, Lia’s mother remarried and although the marriage failed, Lia was blessed with twin brothers from that marriage. Eventually her mother married again to a gentle, kind man who loved the three children as his own. Lia explains the trial of never having known her father, but how her mother managed to keep him a part of her life, despite his early, tragic death. We learn of the depth and power of the eternal connection between parent and child as Lia explains her day on September 11, 2001, when she worked as a fitness trainer at World Trade Center 3, the Marriott Hotel between the twin towers. She tells moment by moment what happened as she arrived at work that day to blue skies and as the minutes unfolded how everything around became dark and deadly. Lia describes how she attempted to get on an elevator to go sit in the Plaza of the World Trade Center that morning to make some calls while enjoying the beautiful morning. Stepping onto the elevator, she heard her deceased firefighter father warn her not to get on the elevator, a warning she heeded. Ten minutes later, the first of two planes hit the towers. She talks of papers floating, black smoke, and the sound and sights of mayhem. We go with Lia through the hotel as she leads guests to safety, through the horror she saw as she walked from Ground Zero and the darkness that engulfed her as the two towers collapsed a block from her. Lia attributes her survival to divine intervention facilitated by a father she never knew protecting her through the veil. Battling post-traumatic stress, Lia learned to heal emotionally from the trauma she experienced and to keep an eternal perspective.