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2002-09-11

I had just driven through a Starbucks to get a jolt of java before starting my day when my cell phone rang. A freind told me that a plane had just flown into one of the twin towers in NY. I thought, "poor guy, must be a new pilot that veered off course and flew his little plane into the World Trade Center". I hung up and turned on the radio, a second plane had just flown into the south tower. My friend called back, "they think they were passanger jets that had been hijacked and there may be more!" I was stunned. I got to the Walmart I needed to service that morning and made a comment about it. They hadn't heard the news and immediately turned on a radio so we could follow what was going on. "The Pentagon's been hit!" The knot in my throat was so thick it was hard to swallow, I knew that this was a day that I would never forget. I got my work done as quick as possible and went out to my car and called my Mother in Maryland, I just needed to hear her voice!

Today is the 1st anniversary of the attacks and my saddness is worst. During the year I have learned their stories, they are not just names to me, they could have been my family, my friends. I pray that God will continue to comfort all those who grieve, heal those who survived and bless this country with a renewed sense of humanity to each other.