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2002-09-11

Someone at work had a radio on at the time of the first airplane attack and came into our section because a co-worker had a small television at the office and we could view the live CNN broadcast. We were all in shock at what we saw and chills raced down my back and I felt sick to my stomach. I had always loved those buildings when visiting New York and couldn't believe someone would want to destroy them. In the beginning, that was what I thought about the most. But we were watching the review of the first attack and when we saw the second airplane approach and hit, and the subsequent collapse of the buildings, the horror of what had happened finally sank in. All thos people! We couldn't work anymore and after watching some more at the office, we all left. Some of my co-workers went out on Lake Erie fishing to try to forget the horror but I just went home and watched the unfolding story on CNN. We watched CNN for three days straight except when our 5 year old was in the room or we were sleeping.

My husband and I visited New York the weekend of October 18 and made our way to the site of the tragedy. Even then, the buildings were still smoldering and the ash had yet to be cleaned from the streets totally. It was very disturbing and depressing. How could Human Beings plan and execute such an abomination?

We stayed at the Waldorf and went to a Broadway Musical and that made us feel somewhat better, just helping the city to recover but I personally will never forget the feelings that I had that day and the days after the incident and I hope noone who experienced this history will ever forget.

God Bless all the heros who took part in the rescues and the soldiers who made some of the perpetrators pay. I only hope that our government can fix enough of the internal issues to prevent this from happening again, here or anywhere in the world.