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2002-09-11

I LIVE IN CONNELLSVILLE PENNSYLVANIA WHICH IS ABOUT FORTY MINUTES FROM SOMERSET COUNTY,SHANKSVILLE, WHERE THE FLIGHT 93 WENT DOWN. I REMEMBER PEOPLE AT WORK STARTING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON IN NEW YORK AND THEN THE WORD CAME THAT FLIGHT 93 HAD WENT DOWN IN SOMERSET AND THAT WAS JUST TOO CLOSE TO HOME SO I WENT AND PICKED MY LITTLE GIRL UP FROM DAYCARE AND WE HEADED FOR HOME. MY MOM WAS AT A CONVENTION AT A HOTEL IN PITTSBURGH AND I HAD NO WAY OF KNOWING HOW SHE WAS OR IF SHE WAS O.K. I JUST REMEMBER HOW GOOD IT FELT TO HEAR HER VOICE AND THEN A FEW HOURS LATER TO BE WITH HER WHERE WE STAYED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. WHAT A HORRIBLE TRAGEDY TO HAVE TO LIVE THROUGH AND WITNESS. I STILL TO THIS DAY FEEL SUCH SADNESS FOR ALL THE FAMILIES WHO LOST SOMEONE AND WHO WERE INVOLVED IN ANY WAY. DEFINATELY A REASON TO LIVE EACH DAY TO IT'S FULLEST AS IF IT WERE YOUR LAST BCAUSE YOU JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE NEAR FUTURE.