nmah4953.xml

nmah4953.xml

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2002-09-13

I WAS WAKING UP TO GET MY SON READY FOR SCHOOL. OF COURSE THE FIRST THING I DO IS TURN ON THE TV TO WATCH THE NEWS. NOT EVEN 30 SECONDS AFTER I TURNED ONT HE TV, DID THE NEWS BROADCAST THAT A PLANE HAD HIT ONE OF THE TOWERS. AT FIRST I WAS THINKING THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE PLANE...AND NOT TOO LONG AFTER, THE SECOND HIT. AT THAT TIME I KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG. SO LIKE THE REST OF THE WORLD...I CONTINUED TO WATCH AND FEEL HELPLESS BECAUSE THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO EXCEPT PRAY.

I FEEL LIKE MOST AMERICANS DO AT THIS POINT...NEVER TAKE LIFE FOR GRANTED. I LOOK AT PEOPLE TOTALLY DIFFERENT NOW, IN A GOOD WAY. AND MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS GO OUT TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT THIS TRAGEDY HAS AFFECTED. BUT WE ARE AMERICANS AND WE WILL STAND STRONG.

WE SHOULD REMEMBER HOW SHORT LIFE CAN BE, AND ALWAYS KNOW WE CAN DEPEND ON EACH OTHER WHEN TIMES GET TOUGH. THE LORD WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS. WITH ALL THE VIOLENCE IN THIS WORLD, I BELIEVE HE MAY HAVE BEEN TELLING US THAT THERE ARE WORSE THINGS OUT THERE, AND WE NEED TO STOP THIS MADNESS AND LOVE ONE ANOTHER INSTEAD OF HURTING ONE ANOTHER.

I FLEW A SMALL FLAG OUT OF THE WINDOW OF MY CAR. I DIDN'T GET WRAPPED UP IN THE WHOLE I NEED A HUGE FLAG ORDEAL. IT'S SAD THAT IT TOOK ATRAGEDY LIKE THIS TO GET US AMERICANS TO FLY A FLAG IN THE FIRST PLACE...BUT NOW I BELIEVE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS. I LOVE ALL OF YOU, AND GOD BLESS YOU.