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2002-09-11

On the morning of Sept 11th 2001, a co-worker in my office
heard that an airplane hit one of the towers at the World
Trade Center.

We all went to the room where the TV showed us one tower on
fire and smoking. I know going through my mind was: How
could an airplane NOT miss that tower! Of course, not long after
the second plane hit the other tower and there was no denying
we were under attack.

The whole day was surreal ... the only times the phone rang
at our office was when hospitals were calling to rent critical
care equipment from our company. Allegiance Respiratory Care.
They thought there would be a lot of injured people inundating
their hospitals. Unfortunately, they were wrong, too few people
came out of the towers alive.

I think when the plane hit the Pentagon is when I really
began to fear what was happening, and then there were
unconfirmed reports of a plane down in Western PA. You
had to wonder "what's next"?

Our country has become stronger through this, with a renewed
sense of pride and love for America. God Bless Us and Protect
us from the intense hatred of the middle eastern people.