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2002-09-11

ON SEPTEMBER 10TH 2001, I ALONG WITH MY BOSS WERE ON A FLIGHT FROM CHICAGO MIDWAY TO SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. WE WERE SEATED IN SEAT 6B AND 6A.(AIRLINE WE WERE FLYING IS NOT IMPORTANT) OUR FLIGHT WAS A FAIRLY COMMON FLIGHT WITH NO MORE THAN THE ORDINARY OUT OF PLACE PEOPLE YOU ENCOUNTER ON ANY FLEIGHT. I DID NOTICE HOWEVER, THE THREE MEN IN FRONT OF ME AND MY BOSS, ACTED VERY STRANGE. THEY WOULD ONE AT A TIME GET UP AS SO TO GO TO THE BATHROOM, LOCATED RIGHT BEHIND THE COCK PIT, THEN JUST STAND THERE AND LOOK BACK AT THE PASSANGERS, POSSIBLY 1 TO 2 MINUETS EACH. THE FIRST GENTLEMAN I NOTICED DOING THIS REALLY DID NOT ALARM ME OR EVEN GIVE ME REASON TO GIVE IT A SECOND THOUGHT. WHEN THE SECOND OF THREE OF THEM DID THE SAME THING, I THOUGHT IT WAS WEIRD, BUT I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS CAUSE FOR ALARM. WHEN THE THIRD GENTLEMAN DID THE SAME THING AS THE FIRST TWO DID, THIS IS WHEN I BECAME A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED. IT WAS OBVIOUS TO ME AT THAT THESE THREE MEN WERE STEAKING OUT THIS AIRCRAFT FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER. I COULD THINK OF NO OTHER EXPLINATION. MIND YOU, OF ALL THREE OF THEM THAT WENT UP TO THE BATHROOM JUST BEHIND THE COCKPIT, NONE OF THEM ACTUALLY ENTERED THE BATHROOM. AT THE TIME, IT SEEMED KIND OF STRANGE BUT, I OBVIOUSLY HAD NO REASON TO BELIEVE THE WORLD WAS ABOUT TO BE ATTACKED IN AN ACT OF TERRISOM. I LOOK BACK ON THIS REMEMBERANCE TODAY AND WHAT I REMEMBER ON THAT AIRCRAFT THAT DAY, JUST HORRIFIED THAT THOSE THREE MEN THAT ACTED SO STRANGLEY ON SEPTEMBER 10TH 2001, WITHOUT A DOUBT IN MY MIND, WERE THREE OF THE TERRORIST'S THAT HAVE GIVEN OF THEIR LIVES JUST TO INFLICT PAIN UPON THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. I HAVE RELIVED THE IMAGE OF THESE THREE MEN IN MY MIND OVER THE PAST YEAR, WONDERING IF POSSIBLY I COULD HAVE, WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE ATTENTITIVE, AND REPORTED THIS SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY TO THE PROPER AUTHORITYS, COULD I HAVE SAVED 4000+++ LIVES.
I CANNOT TAKE BLAME FOR SEPTEMBER 11TH2001, BUT I WILL LIVE EVERY DAY, THE REST OF MY LIFE WONDERING IF I COULD HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE WOULD I HAVE NOTIFIED THE PROPER AUTHORITIES REGARDING MY WITNESS OF THE ACTIONS OF THESE THREE POSSIBLE TERRORISTS...................

GOD, PLEASE FORGIVE ME AND GIVE ME THE POWER TO GO ON...

M.J.T.

WAUSAU, WI.