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2002-09-11

I woke up early that day because I couldn't sleep anymore and didn't have to work until 11:00 a.m. I was enjoying my usual cup of coffee and watching the early morning news. It seemed like another normal day until the late breaking news came on the t.v. announcing that a plane had flown into the one tower. I can remember receiving the first piece of news and setting down my coffee. I couldn't believe what I was hearing, nontheless what I was seeing. Then as I kept watching, the second plane was on it's way and there I was watching all of it LIVE television. Once again, my eyes could not believe what they were seeing. For a moment I thought everyone, except for the areas where the planes actually flew into, was going to make it out of both towers. Then when they both crumbled to the ground in seconds I was absolutely horrified. It was alot to take in. I think I was in shock after seeing that because I didn't know wether to go to work or not and became hysterical. Well I went to work and listened to it all over the radio. Then I found out about the other planes that had crashed. I was really shooken up. It almost seemed to real to be happening, like it was a movie, but it was really happening. All of the employees at work were also reacting the way I was. No one could believe it. I can remember telling my co-workers how I saw the towers go down on t.v. Even though I had no family members that lost their lives, I felt sick to my stomach and began to cry for all of those poor innocent people who died the way they did on that day. I just kept thinking to myself: "what a horrible way to die". Those poor people didn't have a chance and they had no way to know that it was going to happen like that. I don't think anyone thought that they would collapse. I feel the same way today as I did that day. It still makes me sick to my stomach and to know that there are people in the world who do such things. My heart goes out to all of the families who's sons, daughters, husbands, wives and children lost their lives on this tragic day. May God bless you in many ways to come and bring you peace of mind.