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story322.xml

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2002-03-27

I'm old enough to recall the 1945 crash of a plane into the Empire State building. I was 5 years old at that time. When a friend called and told me that a plane had hit Tower One on September 11, I instinctively went back to 1945. I assumed it was an accident, and I assumed that it wasn't all that serious (though serious enough for me to switch on the TV). Not until the second plane hit the North Tower did I realize that this was very different. I muttered to myself, "This is Pearl Harbor. This is war."