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2002-09-12

I have to say I have shared my story with others but never like this. My father worked at the Trade Center on the 62nd floor and he survived. Our car was stolen the night before and the morning of the attacks the cops took so long to come to my home to take the report on the car being stolen that my father was late to go into work. I drove him to the train station that morning and at exactly 8:46 AM my dad was about to get out of the car when on the radio they said a plane had hit the Trade Center. Within ten minutes of dropping my dad at the station(he thought it wasnt anything serious and still wanted to get to work)i relized hearing all the stories on the radio I saved my dads life by not putting the car alarm on the night before. Driving home minutes after the first plane hit the building I saw people crying on their cell phones car's stopped in the middle of the street, and people getting out screaming I relized I would never forgot exactly everything I heard and saw that day. Still a year later I can remember everything and it's so sad to me. For everyone who died and their family and friends they will always be in prayers. I hope as American's we will never have to suffer such a horrific tragedy.