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2002-08-30

We were on vacation and had drove to the west coast and thought that we'd stop in Las Vegas since we had never been there before. Actually we were on our way home to Iowa. My husband had gotton up and turned on the t.v. just as the first plane had hit the first tower. He woke me up to tell me to watch then the second plane had come in and hit the second tower. We couldn't believe our eyes. He turned to me and said what did I want to do , and my response was go home now !!!! As he went to check us out I sat on the end of the bed watching the horror and not believing what my eyes were seeing. A young gentleman came walking pass the door to our room and I could tell by the look on his face what he was thinking because it was the same as what was going on in my mind. Our eyes met and no words had to be spoken , he just kept shaking his head and walking back and forth infront of the hotel room door as if he was lost and didn't know what to do now .
We didn't exchange any words till we were packing the car to leave and he came out of I guess his room and told us to be careful and wished us luck getting home. He was stuck in Vegas because he had flown in and of couse by then no flights were leaving. To this day I think about who he was and can still see the look on his face.
The drive home was listening to any radio staion that we could get that would tell us what was going on . And then noticing no planes in the sky made for a errie feeling. Our vacation was cut short by a week last year because of the event but going home was all that was on our minds and that we couldn't get there fast enough.I'd give anything for what had happened not to have but it did make me realize that the saying "theres no place like home" is so true.Driving interstate 80 we were passed quite afew times by vehicles packed full of fireman gear and didn't have to ask each other where they were going because we knew fully well where they were heading and by no means were they taking in the sights along the way This country of ours is the most beautiful place in the world and it is 95% full of wonderful loving and caring people and heaven help the other 5% that wants to distroy us.