story6588.xml

story6588.xml

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2002-09-12

I WOKE UP THAT SEPT.MORNING AS I ALWAYS DO I GET UP AT 6:00 AM EVERYDAY. I TOOK MY DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL THAT MORNING.I RETURNED HOME AND I TURNED MY TV ON TO WATCH THE TODAY SHOW YOU KNOW THE USUAL MORNING ROUTINE.ABOUT AN HOUR WENT BY IT WAS TIME FOR ME TO GET PREPARED FOR MY JOB.I WAS IRONING MY WORK CLOTHES.AS I WAS WATCHING MATT AND KATIE ALL OF A SUDDEN THIS MATT SAID A PLANE HAD HIT ONE OF THE TOWERS,AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER.I THOUGHT ON MY GOSH WHAT HAPPEN A PLANE CRASH,THEN I SAW THE OTHER PLANE HIT I SAID DAMM AS LOUD AS I HAVE EVER SAID DAMM.I KNEW THIS TIME SOMETHING WAS BAD AND EVIL HAD HAPPENED.I CALLED MY MOTHER TOLD HER TO TURN HER TV ON SHE WAS SHOCKED.MY FRIEND DONNA CALLED ME TO SEE IF I WAS WATCHING TV? I TOLD HER I HAD BEEN WATCHING ALL OF THE TRADGEDY AS IT WAS HAPPENING.I PRECEDED TO GET READY FOR WORK.I WENT TO WORK THAT DAY WITH A HEAVY HEART.I WAS VERY SAD AND SHOCKED. WE HAD OUR TVS ON AT WORK,EVERYONE WAS WATCHING.I WORK AT ONE OF OUR LOCAL PIZZA RESTAURANTS,IT IS A VERY BUSY PLACE THAT DAY IT WAS QUIET AND SLOW.EVERYONE WAS GLUED TO THE TV. THIS IS MY STORY OF THAT DAY SEPT.11,2001.I STILL FEEL CHANGED SINCE THIS HAPPEN TO US.MY HEART GOES OUT TO EVERYONE THAT WAS TOUCHED PERSONALLY IN SUCH A SAD TIME. LOVE AND MAY THE TIME OF HEALING GET EASIER FOR EVERYONE.LIFE MUST GO ON. SINCERELY SANDY TALLENT.