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2004-03-16

I will never forget September 11, 2001. It was the day my husband recieved his exit papers for the USMC. He was in Washington and I was in Florida looking at apartments, we were to move there in about a week.
I woke up late that morning, around 8:45am, i had an appointment at 9:00am, so i never turned the TV on. when i arrived at the rental office the manager and the other office associates had a radio on and they were gathered around the desk.
when i approched the group i noticed one of the ladys had tears in her eyes, she was gripping her throat and everyones eyes were wide with shock. they asked me if i had heard about what had happened, i said no and they told me that 2 buildings in NY had been hit and that an airplane just went into the pentegon. at first what they said did'nt make sense. then the Maneger asked me if i had to leave, she asked "did'nt your husband have to be there today" i had completely forgotton Joe told me he would have to go there to pick up papers before he left and that i could call him around 12pm. at that moment it occured that he would be in the building between 8am and 11am.
I ran out of the office got in my car and quickly put on the radio station. i could'nt belive what i was hearing, tears strolled down my face and i kept saying in my head over and over. "Oh my god, I do not know where my husband is". i finally started the car but did not know where to drive, i was close to where my sister lived so i decieded to drive there. on the way there was news that a 4th plane had crashed. i was so upset i could not think, i had to stop the car. i pulled the car into a turning lane and put my head in my hands. a police officer noticed me and walked over to my car, he asked me if i was ok, i told him i was so upset i had forgotten where my sister lives. he calmed me down and asked what she lived near when i told him he recognized where it was and offered to let me follow him. when i got to my sisters house i didnt have to knock on the door, she swing it open and she had the telephone in her hand at her ear, she said she had been trying to call joe for the past hour and he was not at home. we both cried and held each other. joe and i had only been married for a year and 6 months. and i was afraid i would never see him again. my mother called and my father called. they too had been trying to reach my husband. the next time the phone rang my sister answered, it was joe, he told me he decided not to go the the pentegon, instead he was buying me a gift. he was at the mall and knew nothing about the attacks.
my sister and i watched everything unfold on TV.
my family is thankful we still have joe, but we also will not forget the families whose lives were changed forever. i thought i had lost my husband and for 2 hours it was a nightmare, i cannot imagine the pain the families of the lost souls of 9/11. only god can knows your pain but I will never forget September 11, 2001.

I support the war in Iraq, i support the war in Afganistan.
The Terrorists that attacked our country wanted to kill innocent civillians as apart of there belief that america is the country of evil. they know that if they can scare a country into backing down they can accomplish anything. There is a time to be a pacifist and there is a time to stand together and say we will not be frightned, attacking our country can be met with only one thing we will not stand idle, we will seek you out and completely destroy you.
I guess 9/11 if anything has made me angry.

how this should never happen again. September 11th should be a memorial holiday. since 9/11 it is being rememered that way already.

no. I have always been patriotic i never hung a flag in the past i choose not to change at all because of 9/11