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2002-09-11

I was at work as most people were, when I heard the first plane had struck I was in disbelief. As the planes kept striking us I was panicked ,I needed to know where my fmaily members were , I was very scared . Then fear turned into sadness. The sadness that this country felt went like a dagger to your heart . Not only had we lost such innocent people, but no matter what people say we DID lose some freedom. A year later we are having a day of remeberance and there is still fear . I know today Sept 11, 2002 I will not get on a plane , I will not go to a govermental place, so I have lost some of my freedom. I can say that we gained strength as a nation. We see each other differently now. We all know how precious our country is. We will ALL fight to the end to keep the freedom we have left. I thank all of my fellow United States Citizens for thier support , I thank all the firefighters, police , and other public support units for all they did and sacrificed. I thank GOD most of all, that I was born into a great country like ours . I thank him for sparing any of thelives that he did.. You see, its very clear that GOD was with us all that day .. when the towers fell , they fell straight down, not sideways. A lot more lives could have been lost .. Thank GOD they were not . So any one reading this in the future , I pray today that you never have to experience what we have and if so .. stay strong and united . God Bless the United States of America!!!!!