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2002-09-11

I was working at a well-known family owned restaraunt "The Burger Hop". I was a breakfast cook and manager of the kithcen. A man who I had been training for a couple of weeks, who joked all the time, came into work a little earlier that morning. He told me that an airplane crashed into one of the towers. Of course I did't believe him being the joker he was. He tried so hard for me to believe him. The more he tried, the less I believed. I don't remember what prompted me to go home, but I went home and my husband had an appointment that morning. He was glued to the TV, shock on his face. I told him what the man at work said and how cruel of a joke that was. He just pointed to the TV mouth wide opened. I turned around and saw the horror unfold before my eyes. Dropped my keys and started to cry. It was about 9:00 A.M. And they were showing the 2nd plane crash. I couldn't stop crying. I went back to work and we listened to the radio all afternoon. Then came home and watch msnbc for 3 days straight. I don't believed I've ever prayed that hard in my life.