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2003-09-02

September 11th started out as a regular day for me. I woke
up at 4:30 a.m because I had to open up the healthclub that
I worked at. I remember how beautiful the morning was. I
got to work around 5:25 a.m, twenty minutes early, So I
would have time to eat breakfast.

When I finished my breakfast I turned all of the
television's on. I put them on all of the news stations
because the club is in the financial district in Boston.
The majority of the members are business people who like to
watch CNN, MSNBC, FOX News as well as the local news.
They would always watch the news while they exercised so
they would know what was going on in the world.

Everything was normal until around 8:50 a.m when one of the
stations that was on said that there was a fire at the
World Trade Center. At first no one thought anything of it
until they showed Tower 1 on fire with a huge whole in it's
side. The anchor then said that either a missile or a plane
hit the tower. When they said it was a plane everyone
thought it was a terrible accident until we saw the other
plane hit Tower 2 right before our eyes. Then we heard
about the Pentagon being hit and seeing the video of it on
fire.

I will never forget the look on everyone's faces that were
there. Everyone was just in shock. We could not believe
what we were seeing. By that point no one was working out.
Everyone was watching the T.V's. Everyone stood there
watching until both towers were gone. It felt like an
eternity standing there watching everything unfold.

To this day I still think about what happened. It is still
fresh in my mind how such a beautiful day turned into such a nightmare. One of the many things that I learned on
September 11th,is that life is to short to take things for
granted. Live for today because you never know when you
will be gone. Take the time to tell someone you care about,
that you love them.

I am very proud of how this country came together after
everything that happened. I have never been more proud to
be an American. The people of this country proved once
again that this is the greatest country in the world.


UNITED WE STAND! GOD BLESS AMERICA!

Francis C. Corvino J.r
South Boston Massachusetts

I look at things differently now. I appreciate life more. I try to not let the little things in life bother me.

Everything that happened that day and the days that followed. How the country came togehter to rally around New York and the rest of the victims I hope that we never forget. I will never forget what happened on September 11th. I will remember it for the rest of my life.

Yes. Both of my grandfather's served in the military during World War II so I have always had a lot of respect for the flag that they and thousands of other men and now women fight to protect everyday. I believe it should be against the law to burn the American Flag.