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2002-09-11

I was on my way home that morning from taking my children to school. I had stopped by my workplace to pick up some paperwork and one of the employees ran into the office to say an airplane had hit the World Trade Center. I thouht it was probably an accident so I went home and turned on te T.V. and what happened after that is, as they say, history. I was especially worried because my husband was in Texas on business and was supposed to come home on September 12, and my parents were on vacation, also in Texas. It was frightening for me because he wasn't here to help me deal with my fear and for awhile when they didn't kow exactly how many planes were still out there that were hijacked it was very scary. My husband did not come home until that Saturday September 15, and I was a nervous wreck and did't want him to fly but he said "Don't worry, I won't let anyone get away with this again!" He came home safely and I could finally breathe a sigh of relief. My ordeal was NOTHING compared to people who lost loved ones and I will never forget those people who died and made the ultimate sacrifice of their lives.