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2002-12-15

I was working as a telelmarketer and we were calling New York at the time. When the owner told us what was happing in New York we all started crying. One girl has an uncle who works in the World Trade Center and another woman's son is a pilot who flies in and out of New York often and she knew that last night he arrived in New York but she did not know when he was departing. I hurried to get home so that I could kiss and hug my son. My best friend of 15 years was previously in the atrmy and I was very scared that she was going to get called back. I was scared for everybody and did not know how her baby daughter would handle that. I called eveyone I knew just to tell thatm that I love them. I do remember that for the first time in all my 25 yearsa I had never felt so scared as I did that night while standing outside. I am however proud that Americans looked past the differences and gave a hand to anybody who needed it.