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2002-09-12

We had been visiting friends in Mapleston, MN and as we were getting ready to leave in our motor home, we heard the news of the crash in the first Tower. At that time, we had heard it was a military plane and it was an accident, and then before we could leave, the second Tower was hit. We knew then that it was no accident, but we did not realize the severity of it because we were on the road and we listened to the radio some, but we did not get the full impact until we had stopped for the night and called home to DeKalb, Texas. Our family told us to turn on the TV and we began to realize what had happened and here we were at least 800 miles from home, not knowing what would happen next. We had not seen any lines at the Gasoline Stations as we came through town, but we got in our Tow vehicle and went back into Rhineland and the lines were beginning to form so we got gas in our Blazer and went back and told the manager of the RV Park that we were heading toward Texas as long as we could get gasoline because we knew if gas was rationed, we would be low priority with the motor home and then, too, I just wanted to get home with my family. When we got back to the station to get gas in the RV, the lines were much longer and we heard that gasoline was 5.00 per gallon in Green Bay, WI, and 6.00 in St. Louis. We finally got to the pump and filled up and started driving toward Texas after we had driven all day East from Minnesota. The traffic was heavy at first, especially around towns where people were in line to get gasoline. About 10:00 PM, the traffic was gone and we seemed to be on the raod alone. We never did have any trouble getting gasoline and we drove all night and got into a roadside park outside of St. Louis at 8:00 AM the next morning and pulled off and closed up the RV and went to bed and slept a couple of hours and then went to Carthage, Missouri, and spent the night and got back to DeKalb, Texas on 13 September. It was a scary time but God was with us all through the night and there was never any fear, just not knowing what was going on. May God continue to bless America and keep her safe but we must make Him Lord of our Lives once again. Cletis and Mary Lou Weaver