story6956.xml

story6956.xml

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2002-09-13

I was unaware of the events occuring. I dropped my four month old son at day care one my way to school. When I arrived everyone was in tears. I knew something wasn't right. They informed me of what was happening. I wanted to just take my son and go back home, bolt the doors shut and never come out again.
I resisted. Instead I left and went to school. While at school the intese condition got much worse. I just had an empty feeling all day. I was missing something. I was missing my son and my husband. I was missing my family. I do not believe it has ever hurt me as much as it did that day to be away from my family. I know everyone had to have felt this way. This was a time when you needed family and friends. You needed hope.
We still need hope! I pray nothing like this ever occurs during my lifetime again. It scares me to think about losing my family. I feel the deepest sympathy for everyone's loss.