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2002-09-11

Listening to NPR on the radio and doing whatever in the computer sitting in my cubicle, I heard the news. My immediate thoughts were for my brother working in downtown Manhattan. I e-mailed, and got an instant "Out Of The Office Today" message. Thank God. I called and got through at 9:15 a.m.! An open line was almost impossible to get. He was a shaken wreck at home in Brooklyn afraid the tower would fall. Michael described the rain of debris in their little backyard. My husband and I were in touch by phone worried about his daughter, a young architect in midtown Manhattan. Thank God she was able to let her father know she was o.k., with one exception. She saw the towers fall. All I could do was to think of my beloved native city, the horror, and that life would never be the same as we knew it an hour prior. A year later I know that we are more aware as if there has been an instant evolution of many latent instincts and emotions. May peace reign and fear not win.