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2002-09-11

I don't know why I feel the need to write this, as my friends or family were not affected by the the great loss on the 11th. We suffered a tremendous loss in our community that day...my co-workers 20 year old son was hit by a 18 wheeler while he was crossing the highway on his ATV. He had been home earlier that day, after getting off of work, and had watched the horrific events unfold all day on TV, he told his mother he had to get away from all of this it was getting depressing. He then took off, trying to find a good hunting place for doves, as the season was soon to open, an avid hunter, and fisherman, he looked froward to the fall. As the day approaches of the anniversary of so many deaths, I'm sorry that she too has something in common with so many people from Washington DC to Sommerset County, Pa, and NYC. For years to come each time the media will broadcast the 2nd, 3rd, and 50th Anniversaries of this sad day, she too will remember her loss of a son, that never married, never gave her grandchildren, she never got to say Goodbye. For each of you remember, that tomorrow is not promised to anyone, young or old alike. Hold your loved one tight, for tomorrow may never come, as it didn't for so many on September 11, 2001.