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2002-09-11

MY NAME IS SPECIALIST ANTHONY VERBECK. I AM A MEMBER OF THE U.S. ARMY. ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, I WAS STATIONED AT EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, FLORIDA. AT THE TIME, I WAS WAITING TO START CLASS AT NAVAL SCHOOL EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL (MILITARY BOMB SQUAD). I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO SAY ABOUT THE DAY THAT HASN'T BEEN SAID BY MILLIONS OF OTHERS. ALL I WANT TO MENTION IS THAT IT REALLY BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION WHAT AN IMPORTANT JOB I WOULD HAVE NOW. THE ARMY HAS ALREADY LOST THREE EOD SPECIALIST IN AFGANASTAN SINCE THE ATTACK DOING WHAT WE WERE TRAINED TO DO. MY PRAYERS GO OUT TO ALL THE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO HAVE LOST SOMEBODY IN THIS FIRST YEAR.