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2002-09-11

I was entering the school library, when the main office called to tell of the first plane hitting the WTC. I was assigned to proctor 2nd period, but all I and other staff member could do was to watch the TV. I couldn't believe it, when right on TV, before my eyes, the 2nd tower was hit. It knew then, that it was no accident! I called my daughter to tell her, but she was already watching the event unfold. I called by mother's home and spoke to my brother. He knew about it because my husband had called their home. I couldn't speak to my husband because he was driving to my mother's home to take her grocery shopping.
At the end of my proctoring session, I went to the school chapel. There I found students coming in to pray. The Campus Minister and I, a teacher of Church History and Morality, Social Justice Issues, comforted the students and prayed together with them.
My thoughts also went out to our graduates who were in NYC attending college. Are they alright? I immediately sent an e-mail to them.
Many tears were shed that day in our school.
The Junior class takes a trip every year so they can further bond as a class, before their Senior year.
We headed for Washington, D.C. It was there, that we found the love and meaning of "Freedom".