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2002-09-11

THE MORNING OF 9/11 I WAS IN BREMETON, WASH. VISITING WITH MY DAUGHTER. SHE IS IN THE NAVY, AND SHE HAD BEEN OUT ON MATERNITY LEAVE. THIS WAS TO BE HER FIRST DAY BACK TO WORK. AS SHE LEFT TO GO TO WORK I TURNED THE TV ON AND BEGAN TO WATCH THE MORNING NEWS SHOWS. WHEN I SAW THE PICTURE OF THE FIRST TOWER ON THE FIRST CHANNEL I THOUGHT TO MYSELF WHY ARE THEY PLAYING MOVIES EARLY IN THE MORNING.
SO I CHANGED THE CHANNEL AND SAW THE SAME PICTURES ON THE NEXT BY THIS TIME I WAS FULLY AWAKE AND HEARD WHAT WAS GOING ON I BECAME VERY ALARM THINKIN OF MY DAUGHER AND THOUGHTS WHEN TO MY SON-IN=LAW. FORE HE TO IS IN THE NAVY AND HIS SHIP HAD JUST LEFT ON A SIX-MONTH TOUR. I BECAME VERY SCARED FOR HIM AND MY DAUGHER WITH BOTH OF THEM BEING
SO YOUNG AND NOT KNOWING WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT. I'M GLAD TO SAID MY DAUGHTER CALLED ME AS SOON AS SHE GOT TO WORK SHE WAS FINE. IT TOOK A FEW WEEKS BEFORE WE HEARD FROM MY SON-IN-LAW. HE WAS FINE,BUT DUE IT SECURITY HE COULDN'T TELL US WHERE THEY WHERE. THANK GOD HE IS HOME NOW.WHEN I THINK BACK TO THIS DAY MY HEART GOES OUT TO ALL THE FAMILIES WHO LOST SOMEONE,ANS ESPECIALLY TO THE CHILDREN.