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2002-09-10

My Name is Jeremy Waibel I was an Army Optician the days of the attack. The morning was normal started with Breakfast with my two sons Jacob and Joshua. gave them a kiss and hug told them behave for your mother as I did every morning, and I walk out the door Puting on my beret and Proudly going to serve another day for the RED WHITE and BLUE.I arrived at the clinic at 0700 and started making glasses for our new soilders.as our motto say's "GIVING THE SIGHT TO FIGHT.." I was in the room cutting down a pairof glasses when over the radio I heard " GOD HELP US WE ARE UNDER ATTACK" I told my NCOIC What I had heard. He went down to operations to see what was going on. When he returned he told all of us to go to the buildings lobby and see what was on CNN. as we approched the t.v. room I could not belive my eyes. I was now a soilder for a nation at WAR.MY heart fell into my knee's for the faimlies that were instanly torn apart, I felt so guilty how could this happen we are the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA I am a part of the best army in the world!! after a few hours of waiting on what to do I heard the words that no millitary person wants to here. THREATCON.... this is a real threat I called my wife told her what I knew told her and my sons I love you be home when I can.Then I thought Iam a Soilders what can I do ..Iam no longer a Parachute rigger I am an eye tech.then I heard do we have anyone who wants to go help these people...I jump to attention an yelled.."...WHOA.." Our post was locked down. soilders walking the area m-16's locked and loaded we at FT Leonard Wood said " You got one hit but we are ready to deliver the knock out punch" as all this was going on I stopped and as a tear fell from my eye.. What about all my brothers and sisters at the pentagon they where unable to stand up and declare we will fight till the death they where doing there job at there desk running the army. and that my friend was more than a decleration that was a SHOUT they knew about the towers they where there to protect and the did and to my friends in the airborne where would they go and I was sad till i relized we are soilders this is our jobs and I thought to myself If President Bush sends me or my friends to fight and we die for my boys to have one more day of freedom then I would take my orders and salute president Bush as a soilder!
p.s I was never able to go fight but I made glasses for people in ARMY,NAVY,AIRFORCE,and MARINES so they would be able to have the "SIGHT TO FIGHT" I want to thank all Millitary mebers that have protected us those who have fallen and the ones that have came home. and your faimlies Thank you for the sacraficies you made to allow us to be free. and until september 11 I never relized the stress the millitary has on ones parents for when I called My Mom she was so glad to hear my voice and from that day to this on their is not a day my Dad forgets to tell me he loves me. and we all need to do that to our faimlies.

GOD BLESS AMERICA