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2002-09-11

WELL I WORK IN A GROCERY STORE IN COSTA MESA CALIFORNIA.I DONT OFTEN WORK ON SEPT.11TH BECAUSE IT IS MY SON ANDREWS BIRTHDAY,AND I ASK FOR THAT DAY OFF.BUT WE WERE SHORT HANDED AND I AGREED TO WORK AN OPENING SHIFT.IT WAS SLOW,AS IT ALWAYS IS IN THE MORNING.IT MUST HAVE BEEN AROUND 6.30AM WHEN A CUSTOMER TOLD ME A PLANE HIT TOWER 1.AT THIS TIME I THOUGHT IT WAS A SMALL PLANE THAT HAD GONE OFF ITS FLIGHT PLAN SOMEHOW.YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT IT WAS AN ACCIDENT.THEN AT AROUND 7.15AM MY BOSS CAME IN AND TOLD ME A SECOND TOWER WAS HIT.AND THE PLANES WERE PASSANGER AIRCRAFT.WELL AFTER THAT I BEGAN TO REALIZE IT WAS NO ACCIDENT.THEN THE PENTOGAN AND THE PLANE THAT THE PASSANGERS FOUGHT BACK AND WENT DOWN IN THE FIELD.I SAID TO MYSELF WHO WOULD DO THIS?HOW CAN THIS BE HAPPENING?THIS IS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.THIS KIND OF THING DOESN'T HAPPEN HERE.GOD HELP US, IT DOES NOW!

FERNANDO SAUCEDO

HAS LIFE CHANGED?LOOK AROUND YOU,LOOK AT THE AIRPORT,WE ARE USE TO SUCH FREEDOMS THAT ARE NOW GONE FOREVER.I OFTEN WONDER WHEN AND WHERE THIS KIND OF THING WILL HAPPEN AGAIN.ARE WE SAFE ANYWHERE?I HAVE A FRIEND WHO HIS MOTHER COMES FROM ISREAL.THERE SHE TELLS ME THAT YOU CAN GO EAT AT A DINER,AND THE PERSON WHO SITS DOWN NEXT TO YOU CAN PULL A STRING AND BLOW YOU ALL UP.ITS THAT EASY.IS THIS WHERE WE ARE HEADED?

SEPTEMBER 11TH IS MUCH LIKE DECEMBER 7TH.ITS TRAGIC AND FULL OF HURT.WE MUST REMEMBER THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES AND GREIVE FOR THEM,AS WE ALL SHOULD.AND PROMISE THEM THAT WE AS A NATION WILL DO ARE BEST TO SEE THAT THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN.

I HAVE A RED WHITE AND BLUE RIBBON ON MY APPRON I WEAR FOR WORK.IT HAS BEEN THERE SINCE SEPT.12TH.IT IS THERE NOW.THE UNITED STATES FLAG IS A GLORIOUS FLAG.IT HURTS A LITTLE TO LOOK AT IT SOMETIMES,SINCE IMAGES OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER COME TO MY MIND.THOUGH I AM AN AMERICAN OF MEXICAN DECENT,I AM AN AMERICAN!!!!!!!AND I WILL FLY NO OTHER!