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2002-09-15

I HAD JUST TURNED THE T.V. ON YELLED TO MY HUSBAND AT THE TOP OF MY LUNGS TO COME LOOK. IT LOOKED LIKE A SCENCE OF A MOVIE. MY HEART HIT THE FLOOR. THE FIRST THING I SAW WAS THE PENTAGON. I COULD NOT BELIVE WHAT I SAW. THE THE TWIN TOWERS CAME ON AND I FELT MY BREATH LEAVE ME. SOME FRIENDS OF OURS CAME FLYING INTO THE DRIVEWAY AND WAS LIKE DID YOU HEAR FROM YOUR DAD YET?? THE PENTAGON IS WHERE MY DAD WORKS SOMETIMES WHEN HE IS NOT ON THE AIR FORCE BASE. I SAID HOLY MOTHER OF GOD. YOU SEE MY FAMILY MOVED UP THERE IN JUNE OF THAT YEAR. THIS WAS A BIG CHANCE FOR MY DAD AND WE WERE ALL PROUD. NOW THAT DAY I MUST HAVE TRIED TO CALL A 100 TIMES. ALL I GOT WAS THE LITTLE RECORDING THAT THE PHONE LINES WERE OUT OF SERVICES. AT LIKE 2:OO CLOCK I TALKED TO MY MOM WHO STILL HAD NOT HEARD FROM MY DAD. SHE WAS VERY STRONG THAT HE WOULD CALL WE JUST HAD TO WAIT. I WISH I WAS HALF AS STRONG AS HER. I COULDN'T WAIT ANY LONGER SO I CALLED MY WORK PLACE AND TOLD THEM THAT I WAS GOING TO FIND MY DAD. I HAD ALL THE SUPPORT I NEEDED AND WE WERE OFF. I KISSED MY SON GOOD BYE AND TOLD HIM ME AND DAD WERE GOING TO GO FIND GRANDPA AND WE WOULD ALL BE HOME SAFE SOON. I WENT TO CLOSE THE DOOR AT MY MOTHER IN LAWS WHEN THE PHONE RANG AND IT WAS MY MOTHER. SHE HAD HEARD FROM HIM AND HE WAS O.K. HE WAS ON HIS WAY HOME. THEY HAD THEM IN BOMB SHELTERS AND THEY COULD NOT CALL. I THINK I CRIED MORE WHEN I HEARD HE WAS OK THEN WHEN I DID NOT KNOW. MY HUSBAND IS A FIREMAN AND HE GOT TOGETHER WITH SOME OF THE GUYS AND THEY WENT TO NEW YORK FOR THREE DAYS AT GROUND ZERO. I THINK IT TOOK ME 6 MONTHS BEFORE I HAD A GOOD NIGHT SLEEP. SOME TIMES I WOULD GO 3 OR 4 DAYS WITH OUT SLEEP. THIS DAY MADE ME THINK MY WHOLE LIFE OVER AND HOW I WOULD LIVE MY LIFE FOR NOW ON. THIS IS A DAY ONE DAY THAT CHANGED MY LIFE FOR EVER. GOD BLESS AMERICA AND ALL THOSE THAT LOST THER LIFES.