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story1584.xml

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2002-08-30

I am from America, the State of Indiana. I just arrived in England the week before this happen.. I was home cleaning and I got a phone call from my boyfriend (now husband) to turn the TV on..I did and Iwas totaly in shock as to what i was hearing on the newcast.. They showed the twin tower being hit by a plane..smoke everywhere and then the second tower being hit by another plane..About that time my daughter living in Fort Wayne, Indiana called me.. She said Mom turn TV on look what is happening over here.. I told her i did... I have never seen anything like this. I wanted to cry..Then all of a sudden my daughter screams. Then she says my God mom the tower is falling......Such horror...I felt so stranded here..I wanted to be near my family..I was in fear as to what was going on in my own country...All flights were grounded....... I was stuck and nothing I could do for what my children was watching.. All i could do was pray and hope for the family and people that was in that tower...Through it all it made me angry and at what these terroists done. They took our innoncents away from our people. But our people did come together and this act made us strong.... Freedom will always be our goal in life and no one can take that away....