story5592.xml

story5592.xml

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2002-09-11

ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 I REMEMBER WAKING UP LATE AND HAVING TO GO TO WORK. THE TV WAS ALREADY TUNED TO THE NEWS CHANNEL. I CANT REMEMBER EXACTLY WHICH ONE. I SAW THE NEWS ABOUT ONE OF THE TWIN TOWERS BEING HIT BY AN AIRPLANE AND I PROCEEDED TO GO TO WORK. BY THE TIME I GOT TO WORK I HEARD ABOTU THE OTHER PLANE HITTING THE OTHER TOWER. AND I SIMPLY COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. THEY THEN STARTED TALKING ABOUT TERRORIST ATTACKS AND PLANES BEING HIJACKED AND I IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT OF MY COUSIN WHO IS A FLIGHT ATTENDENT. AT THE TIME I DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHICH AIRLINE SHE WORKED FOR SO I GREW WORRIED. I CALLED MY MOM AND SHE EASED MY MIND WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT SHE DIDN'T WORK FOR EITHER AIRLINE THAT WAS INVOLVED. THEN THE BUILDING WHERE I WORK SHOOK. THAT'S WHEN WE FOUND OUT ABOUT THE PLANE HITTING THE PENTAGON. IMMEDIATELY I THOUGHT OH MY GOD! WHAT IS REALLY HAPPENING?