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2002-09-11

ON THE TRAGIC DAY OF SEPTEMBER 11TH,I REMEMBER GOING TO WORK IN A RETAIL STORE NAMED AMES WHEN I HEARD THE NEWS IT WAS INSTANTANEOUS THAT EVERYONE RAN BACK TO THE ELECTRONIS SECTION WHERE THERE WERE SEVERAL TV'S TO WATCH WHAT WAS HAPPENING I IMMEADIATELY BROKE OUT IN TEARS THAT WENT ALONG WITH THE WORST FEELING AND THAT WAS FEAR THAT OUR COUNTRY AND OUR FREEDOM IS UNDER ATTACK.I IMMEDIATELY CALLED MY HUSBAND AND TOLD HIM WHATEVER HE WAS DOING STOP AND COME GET ME.I REMEMBER SITTING IN THE PARKING LOT LOOKING AT MY HUSBAND JUST CRYING FOR HOURS AT A TIME.IM ONLY 21 YEARS OLD AND NEVER IMAGINED SOMETHING LIKE THIS COULD HAPPEN TO THE UNITED STATES.I WAS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT WALKED AROUND EVERY DAY THINKING NOTHING LIKE THIS WOULD EVER HAPPEN THAT WE WERE SO SAFE AND NOW I REALIZE THAT YOU ARE NEVER FULLY SAFE.THAT THE ONLY PLACE YOU ARE ACTUALLY FULLY SAFE IS WITH GOD AND WITHIN YOURSELF.SEPTEMBER 11TH MADE ME REALIZE ALOT ABOUT MYSELF AND THE COUNTRY I WAS LIVING IN.I THINK ITS TERRIBLE THAT A TRAGEDY AS BIG AND HORRIBLE AS THIS HAD TO HAPPEN FOR PEOPLE TO REACH OUT A HELPING HAND TO A NEIGHBOR OR FOR A LOVED ONE TO SAY I LOVE YOU FOR THE FIRST TIME IN WEEKS.HOW COULD WE LET IT GET TO A POINT LIKE THAT.WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.EVERYONE WANTS TO BLAME GOD FOR LETTING THIS HAPPEN BUT WHY HE WAS THERE WHEN PEOPLE WHO WERE SUPPOSED TO BE IN THOSE TOWERS WERE STUCK IN TRAFFIC JAMS, WOKE UP LATE AND DIDNT MAKE IT TO WORK ON TIME, OR SICK SO NEVER WENT IN HE WAS WATCHING THE WHOLE TIME AND DOING ALL HE CAN.YES ALOT OF LIVES WERE LOST BUT ALSO ALOT OF LIVES WERE SAVED, AND EVERY LIFE IN AMERICA HAS CHANGED FROM THIS.I DIDNT KNOW ANYONE PERSONALLY EFFECTED BY THE ATTACKS BUT I AM AN AMERICAN SO I FEEL LIKE I DID.I JUST HOPE AND PRAY THAT EVERYONE REMEMBERS THAT WERE ALL HERE TOGETHER AND WHEN PEOPLE LOST HUSBANDS,WIVES,DAUGHTERS,SONS,MOTHERS,FATHERS,GRANDPARENTS,AND FRIENDS IN THE ATTACKS THAT EVERYONE REALLY LOST A FAMILY MEMBER FOR WE ARE ONE NATION UNDER GOD!!!! LETS EVERYONE REMEMBER THAT!! LETS TRY NOT TO THINK OF THIS DAY AS A TRAGEDY BUT A DAY FOR SECOND CHANCES!!
GOD BLESS AMERICA,UNITED WE STAND!