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story8680.xml

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2002-11-25

On the morning of 9/11, i was on a bus heading for Washington Elementary School, in Riverside, California. I was listening to the radio (99.1, KGGI, Los Angeles, Ca) When i first heard of the attacks. they put their sister station in New York City on. They were saying " Planes have just slammed into the world trade center. we are less than a block away and are seeing the whole thing happen-we have to go, they are coming---) and the connection was dropped. What they meant to say was that the tower was coming down and they had to evacuate. I had a close family member that worked for Connor-Fitzgerald, and he was never found- dead OR alive. the first song i heard after that broadcast was "When The Doves Cry" I still mourn; over 1 year after, i feel the pain for the many people whose lives came to a crashing and tragic end. if i could replase them, i would. i strongly feel bad for all of the wifes whose husbands never came home; the children whose mothers, fathers, uncles and aunts never got to say 'Goodbye' If i could say one thing to every one who has been affected by this tragic loss, i would say " Don't worry- it is all in god's hands from now on, let's roll"

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