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2002-04-09

September 9, 2001 I flew home from San Diego California with my new Marine Fiance who had just graduated from Marine Corps boot camp. What a joyful time, with a new Marine on my arm and a beautiful ring on my finger, I went back to college for the week to show off. Tuesday morning,September 11, I went to my Geology lab at 8:00 in the morning which, strangely enough, let out early that day. As I walked down the hallway of my dormitory, I noted that everyone had their doors open and it sounded like news being reported from every room. I walked into my room, picked up the phone and called my fiance, to see if he had left to come visit me yet. This is the moment I will never forget...his mother answered the phone, obvously upset, and I asked her what was wrong. "Stacey," she said, "you need to turn on your TV, something has happened..."
I quickly turned on my TV and fell to the floor as I watched the second plane hit the World Trade Center in front of my eyes. "Where is he?" I asked her immediately concerned about the saftey of my Military Man. She told me he was safe, and that he already talked to his command to find out what he should do. I was still scared to death.
He did end up coming to my school that day, and I will never forget running down the hallway to meet him, and hugging him so tight with that fear of not knowing what was going to happen him. That day changed our world, our lives and effected everyone in some way. It touched my life so deeply, and I will never forget the events of that September morning.