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2002-09-15

Ever since that tragic day, my life has never been the same. There aren't enough words to describe the anguish felt by myself and my friends on September 11th. My best friend's boyfriend Nestor Cintron worked in one of the Towers for Cantor Fitzgerald and was among the lives lost that day. My friend Aris told me that he would call her every morning to wake her up and wish her a good day. They lived together and he always used to call her to wake her and tell her that he loved her. He called her up that day and woke her up, told her that he loved her and then forty-five minutes later the Towers collapsed. I live less than two miles away from the the World Trade Center and used to enjoy shopping there and really appreciated the beauty of it. The day the Towers went down, I felt as though I had lost a little of myself. The area where I lived was closed to any outsiders who did not reside there. The air was unbreathable. People walked as though they were in a trance. I cried so much just thinking about how cruel these individuals who planned this tragedy were. I was also shocked to learn about the Pentagon and about those other lives lost in the other plane crash. My entire community came together and several of us volunteered, donated blood and did what we could to help out. I felt a strong unity amoung New Yorkers, not just because we had to be united but because it was the only way to deal with this it. I still can't believe that this tragedy occurred but, we must now look to the future and pray and unite as Americans.