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2002-07-21

It started as every typical morning did. Alarm going off, getting up and getting ready for work. I was at work by 8:00 a.m. I first heard of the tragedies from a coworker as she watched it on the television in the waiting room at Somerset Hospital, where I work. Immediately the emotions took over. I feared for myself, my family, my friends and coworkers. I just wanted to be home all in one place with all of my family if anything were going to bring this world to an end. Instantanously I thought of my husband being he works for local news station. Sobbing, I tracked down my husband to find out where he was, where he was going, and where he was going to be. He said he and Jon Meyer were heading to the impact site in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. You see, we only live less than 5 miles from that site and I was terrified. Because no one knew what else was going to happen or what was yet to come over this world.

Code yellow was called at the hospital and all the immediate personnel able to assist any living injured stayed at work and the rest of us went home early to be with our families. Schools everywhere were left out early once parents started picking up all their children to take them home so they too could be home with families.

My husband finally came home after two days of continous news coverage. Coming and going, taking items from the house for some of the news anchors that were not prepared for the grueling work. How to prepare for site they came upon. Simply a gigantic crater in the earth with millions of tiny scraps of the victims and plane.

My husband and his grandpa Flamm found debris from the plane a few miles away and return it to the proper place.

Let us not forget New York and D.C. Even though they were in another state, I believe that is what affected me the most. Just to see thousands of people and rescuers innocently die for no reason. To this day it still seems almost a dream. God Bless!

I am more aware of my surroundings, my family and my friends. Life should not be taken for granted.

The thousands of innocent lives taken on that dreadful day.

Yes, and havn't looked at a flag the same way and probably never will. It definately means freedom.