story7302.xml

story7302.xml

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story

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2002-09-14

MY PARENTS WOKE ME UP. TURN ON THE TV THEY SAID. WHAT I SAW WAS UNBELIEVEABLE. WORDS CANNOT EXPRESS THE FEAR - I SAT AND WATCHED AS TOWER 2 CRUMBLED TO THE GROUND. DISPAIR. HERE IN CALIFORNIA THOUSANDS OF MILES FROM NYC. THERE WAS NOTHING TO DO BUT PRAY. I DIDN'T WANT TO GO TO WORK. MOST OF THE DAY WAS SPENT ON THE WEB. I WAS HUNGRY FOR NEWS. THAT NIGHT AT HOME GLUED TO THE TV. I CRIED. TEARS FOR FALLEN BROTHERS AND SISTERS; MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS; FATHERS AND SONS. THEN I PRAYED - FOR THE NATION. YEARS FROM NOW I WILL TELL MY CHILDREN THAT IT WAS THE MOST HORRIFIC THING THAT I EVER SAW. I WILL ALSO TELL THEM THE STORIES OF HEROISM. THEN I WILL TELL THEM ABOUT THE NATION THAT CAME TOGETHER - TO LOVE, PRAY, AND BE FREE.