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2002-09-12

First i must say, To the men and women who fight for this country Thank you and to the workers who helped at Ground Zero, you are all heros! The morning of 9/11 i woke up early, before my alarm went off(which i never do). My mom had left the t.v. on when she left for work. I went in to her room to shut the t.v. off when i saw the first tower get hit, i remeber dropping to the floor in shock, when the second tower was hit i just started balling!!! I began calling my dad who works for a government agency. His partner did not know where he was(my dad lives in maryland and drives thru states to get to work)i told him as soon as he found him to tell my dad to call me. I then called my best friend, she's a flight attendant i wanted to make sure she was ok! She wasen't flying that day, sadly others did.She said she was fine, and she would call me later. i jumped in my car and headed to school in my pj's. on the way i kept calling my dad's office, finally my dad's partner again answered the phone and informed me that the building had been evacuated. i asked him if this was so why was he still their, his answer he was taking care of unfinished buisness i told him to get out now(he listened!). i recieved a call from my dad about an hour later he was fine but the shock and terror of what happen had hit us both bad. i asked him if we were going to war, who was behind it, are we safe. Every question i could think of i asked. he said he could'nt tell me he was as clueless as the next at this point. i called my brother after talking to my dad (my brother was in chicago) he said they had evacuated his college and all of downtown chicago. Every once in a while i think of the terroist who preformed this cowardly act and i become more angry. Now more then ever i feel as if i have to do something to protect myself my family and this country that allows us to be so free. I was never one to support the military forces i didn't agree with war at one point. But now more then ever i find myself wanting to join and help in any way possible so our future children do not see or feel what we have felt over this last year. I truely honor the men and women who were involved with the protection of this country and those who volunteered to go in to burning buildings and rumage through the broken steel.