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2002-09-11

It was a beautiful Tuesday morning on September 11th and I was having a cup of coffee. It was About 8:50 am and my daughter Ciara had gone to school. I took the day off from work because I was volunteering at my daughters school. My girlfriend Debbie called and told me she was watching the news and that some "big" building in the city was onfire. I turne the Tv on and i said" Oh my God, Debbie, that's the World Trade Center". We both stayed onthe phone with eachother and listened to the news. They were saying that the Tower was hit by a plane. At that time nobody knew what happened. Just at that moment the second tower it. I could not believe what I was witnessing. I thought it was a replay, but, to my horror it was not. I sat with my girlfriend on the other end of the phone and cried and cried. I was shocked and scared. At that time the news did not say it was a terrorist attack. I got ready, called my family to make sure everyone was ok, and drove to my daughters school. She was coming home with me. By then I knew it was terrorists. I wanted my child to hear what happened from me. I knew someone that perished in the trade center. He was a fireman. I will never ever forget that day for as long as I live! May God bless us and America.