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2002-06-14

It was a day like any other work day for me. I was on my way to my job in downtown Indianapolis driving on I65 South. The day was beautiful, sunny and mild. I was listening to Bob and Tom on Q95 as usual. At about 7:45AM Indiana time, Bob interrupted the usual hilarious antics of their show with a report that an airplane had hit one of the WTC towers in NY. I thought at first it was a joke cause the Bob and Tom show is hardly ever serious. Then he mentioned that it was thought to be a small private plane that hit the building. I then thought it was an accident. Then fifteen minutes later as I was getting off the Interstate to proceed downtown to my office building, it was reported another plane had hit the other tower. Right then, I thought to myself "it is a terrorist attack, two planes hitting the WTC is just too much for coincidence". I went on to my office. I turned on our office television to watch the coverage then I tried to contact my boss who was to fly to Washington D.C. that morning for a leadership conference. I wanted to tell her all the planes had been grounded so she wouldn't be able to fly out this morning. I got ahold of her and she indicated she would stay put at home. Then I watched the coverage on TV for quite awhile. The towers getting hit, the towers falling, the Pentagon getting hit, the airplane that was reported to have gone down in Pennsylvania. At around 1:00 I left to go back home as my office building was located next to the AUL Building in downtown Indy. I was concerned that a plane might be flown into our city's biggest buildings. My family and I spent the rest of the day and the next days to come in unbelievable shock watching the next events unfold. Although we didn't know anyone personally who died or was hurt in these attacks, we prayed for those who suffered and died (and those who suffered the loss of loved ones).