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2002-09-11

I was vacuuming, with my head phones on, and I thought "if the phone rings I won't be able to hear it. I had just got the head phones off when the phone rang. My son (the one I had finally found after 40 years of separation) asked me if I had the tv on. I told him no so he told me to turn it on, a plane had just hit the WTC, I thought "how terrible" I wonder if the pilot was on drugs, had a heart attack or what", I was thinking accident..........as the tv came on I could see the other one hit the WTC. I was shocked, I thought............ARE THEY CRAZY!!!! DO THEY HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THEY HAVE DONE!!!! I started crying and thanking God that I had found my children before this happened.

I have a long and painful (like most of us, I guess) story and to shorten it a bit I will just say. 9/ll/2001 woke me up to what an American is and I wanted to be one again.

I had not voted........ever. I wanted to go to Australia and get out of this Country!

I am was 61 years old when those planes hit the WTC. It was as though Bin Laden had slapped me, personally. I had heard his name before and somehow I knew he had something to do with it. I went out and bought me a Huge Flag, I put some on my car, I want everyone to know that I am an AMERICAN!!! It is more than an address to me!!!!!

I want to see the Islamic people of OUR country stand up and say, "I am proud to be an American" I had a son who got involved with these people in Boston in the 80's. He is mentally ill today but at least he isn't involved with those people. He so wanted to be a Muslim, but he couldn''t accept the War on Terror that they were teaching him. He had two friends that were of caucasian decent who went to Afghanistan. I had huge phone bills where he called them in Florida. He has told me numerous times "they hate us mom, that is one of the first things they teach you, and that is to lie. When the time comes there are millions of them among us and when
"Global Gihad" is called they are going to slaughter us like sheep. Well, as I've said, he's mentally ill but I can see a lot of logic in that when just last month a Muslim family bought the neighborhood grocery store. Parinoid???? maybe, but I sure would feel better if I could see them having Rallies and supporting these Americans instead of hiding behind the towels. Are they Americans too???? I sure would like to know..........wouldn't you????