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2002-09-11

On September 11, 2001 I was at work and a co-worker told me that a plan hit the towers. She later told me that another plan hit the Pentagon. It took me a moment before I realized that my cousins worked at the Pentagon. I immediately started calling my family members. We weren't able to find out anything until that evening. My cousin and his wife both worked at the Pentagon. He was a Major in the Army, and she is a Captain in the Air Force. My cousins wife worked on the opposite side from where the plan hit. My cousin was standing right outside the door of the room where the plan hit waiting to go to a meeting. My family and I waited a week until the next tuesday, and it was confirmed that my cousins body was found and he was dead. Everything seemed as if it wasn't real. Somedays it still feels that way. My cousin and his wife had a daughter and his wife was pregnant with a little a boy, and she had him in January of 2002. I miss him everyday.