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2002-09-11

September 11th was my first day back to work after being on maternity leave. I called home to check in with my mother in law ans she was crying when she answered the phone and told me to come home. I thought something was wrong with my daughter and she said, "No, a plane just flew into the World Trade Center". She continued to cry and we kept talking through the news stories. Then she told me about the second plane and at that point I just wanted to hold my daughter and cry. I've never felt more vulnerable than at that time. But as the day went on and the next few days America became united and strong and we are still stronger than ever and we will get Osama for this tragedy.