nmah4208.xml

nmah4208.xml

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2002-09-11

I live in Washington State, and had just awoke to get my daughters up to get ready for school. I turned on the TV which just happened to be on the local ABC station, and it was showing the first plane to hit the WTC. I remember just being in shock, and could not move, but kept staring into the TV set, and watched the 2nd plane hit the other tower. My husband was in Holland for his work at the time, so i logged onto the internet to email him to call me immediately. Moments later, the towers came down, and all i could think of was, oh my God...all those people....please don't let them suffer. My husband then called me and I told him the terrible news...He and his co-workers hadn't heard anything yet about it.
That day I was also to go to our airport to pick up some friends, and i called the airlines to see if the flight had already taken off. I was told that it had. After that phone call..the news came across the TV that ALL flights were cancelled. I could not get ahold of my friends opn their cell phone. I went ahead and headed to the airport, and was almost there when they called me and told me they were still in Chicago. I was in tears..i was SOOO relieved that they were not on the plane from Chicago that was one of the "death" planes.
The most i can remember all that day was just crying all day...and wondering HOW could people have SO much hatred in their hearts to do something like this. When I got home I turned the TV back on to see the people in Afghanastan laughing and cheering..burning our flag. It made me physically ill to watch this.....
My daughters both called me from their high school to see if I was alright. They were both crying and also in shock.
When they got home...all I could do was take them both in my arms and hold them...it was like I never wanted to let them go again. I guess this is also the way i feel about all the victims and their families. I just want to hold them and comfort them in any way that I can. I did NOT have a close friend or family member killed in this horrible action, but as a UNITED AMERICAN...I felt that everyone that WAS affected...are my brothers and sisters.
May God bless you all...and GOD BLESS AMERICA!

I think i would be lying (as ALL Americans would) if i were to say that 9/11 did NOT change my life. It has affected every one of us in one way or another.
I think the change in me was wanting more closeness to my family...especially since my husband was overseas working at the time. I DO have to say that the people in Holland, where he was at, were SO very kind to the americans working over there with my husband...offering them any help they could. I want to say thank you to those people.
It was with their help that made it possible for my husband and his co-workers to make it through their time there.

EVERYTHING....just simply...EVERYTHING

Yes i did fly our great flag afterwards. On my car and van, on my house and wore replicas of it on shirts.
My feelings of the American Flag have NEVER changed. I am VERY proud to be an American, and have ALWAYS been.