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story10702.xml

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2004-07-22

Its amazing as you grow up, some of the things your parents say, that you truely never understand until later in life. When the challenger exploded, my father told me to sit down and watch the news..."history was happening beore my eyes." That morning i was awakened my my father in law telling my husband and I that teh World Trade center had been bombed. As i walked grogly into the room expecting to see nothing more than a small fire I couldnt believe what was happening. I watched in horror as the second plane found its final resting place in wtc 2. I was shocked and truely afraid for the first time. I immediately found myself hugging my children and telling them the words my father once told me. I looked at my 4 month old and wondered if he would ever know about what was happening that day. As the first tower fell and the news of the pentagon came about, I knew I was in no signifacant harm, but then my family came into mind, They lived in Kansas City. I called and they were as mortified as I was. Several hpours later I had to drive into Mena, a very small town about 30 min away. I was shocked to see cars in gas stations that wound around for blocks. I thought to myself, we are not a target, terrorists dont even know we exsist here......But still I inew nothing would be the same. And it wasnt. And I pray that it never will be. I still remember......I always will...I hope everyone else does as well.