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2002-09-10

I was getting my daughter ready for school and we were watching Little House on the Prarie, which we did every morning. When the show was over I turned to the news to see what the weather was going to be like. That is when I first saw the results of the first plane. At first I thought that something had just gone wrong with the plane and it was an accident. After watching for a few minutes I then realized what was going on. I was scared and confused at the same time. I was holding on to my daughter and I didn't want to send her to school. She was only seven and all I had. I just didn't want to let go of her. I then thought about it and realized the best thing to do for her was send her to school. She was not going to understand everything and was better off there where she could carry on a half-way normal day. When my daughter got on the bus I went back inside and called my father on his cell phone. He was at work and he answered and I told him that a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center. He didn't say much right away but then he said something like you have got to be kidding me. He said he was in the middle of a meeting and I should call him back in a little while, but before I got off the phone with him I saw the second plane crash into the World Trade Center. I think I screamed into the phone and he asked what was going on. I told him what happened and he just couldn't believe it. He said to call him back in a few minutes. After I got off the phone I just sat there in horror. I could not believe what was going on. I thought to myself this is not happening. I just sat on my couch and could not take my eyes off the television.
After a little while I called my dad back and he said they knew what was going on and were listening to it I think on the radio. I was on the phone with him for a little while and then once again I screamed into the phone. The first tower had collapsed. I told him what had happened and he did not say anything for a few moments. He said he had to go and to call him back later in the day. I then called my mother at work to see if she knew what was going on and they were already watching everything on television. I also talked with my sister briefly on the phone. I sat on the couch most of the morning just having a hard time taking it all in. I cried a little but I think I was in to much of a shock to know what to do. I started to remember watching the Oklahoma City bombing on television and how horrible that was. I thought this can't be happening again. To see the horror the peoples faces as they were running for safety. To see the reactions of the media and television reporters as everything unfolded was something I will never forget.
What happended Sept.11 has changed my life forever. I have lost a sister to murder so I can relate to what some of the familys who lost a loved one are feeling. To have someone taken from you before their time is something that is very hard to get over. My faith has become stronger and my beliefs and outlook on life have totally changed. I want my daughter to grow up in a better world, but that will not happen if we do not stick together and start changing things ourselves. We have united as a country but we also have to relearn family values and remember what life is all about. We never know what tomorrow will bring but we can try to make it something wonderful.
To the familys that lost a loved one that day I know that my little sister Kristina was at the gaits of heaven to welcome them to their new home. They are at peace and we must go one with our lives and work to make it a better world because it is what they would have wanted.

GOD BLESS AMERICA