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2002-09-11

Who could ever forget that day? It started out like any other day in a rural community. We got up and started getting ready for work and school. As we proceeded with that task, we had the T.V. on catching the morning news. My now 13 year old daughter said, "Hey, look, a plane crashed into a building!" I stopped what I was doing and looked and thought, "Your right, Katie, must have been some kind of terrible accident." We proceeded to get everyone that needed to get on the bus to school out the door and the little kids to daycare. I remained at home while my husband took them. I sat down to rest because I was due to deliver my 5th child anyday. I put the T.V. on Fox News Channel and was horrified to see a second plane crash into the world trade center and from then on we were glued to the T.V. for the rest of the day. I was having pretty strong contractions that day and one thought I kept having was "Please, God , do not let this baby be born on a day filled with anguish, grief and devestation." When the kids all got home from school and daycare that evening, we sat and talked about the victims and their families and thought how lucky we were to be all together. Today, on the first anniversary of the Day that Changed America, we still feel the sadness for the victims and their families, but take heart that they, and we, have survived and are stronger because of it and that we have not and will not let terrorism break us or the wonderful country that we live in. In the face of devestation, I did give birth to a wonderful baby girl on September 19, 2001, just 8 days after the attacks. God Bless America!!!!