nmah1455.xml

nmah1455.xml

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2002-09-07

IT WAS MY DAY OFF AND I WAS CHANNEL SURFING. I SPOTTED A NEWS FLASH ABOUT A PLANE CRASHING INTO ONE OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTERS. LIKE MOST PEOPLE I THOUGHT IT WAS A SMALL PLANE. I SWITCHED TO CNN AND THEY SHOWED FOOTAGE OF A JET CRASHING INTO THE SECOND TOWER. I RECOGNIZED THE SIZE OF THE AIRCRAFT AS ONE I HAD FLOWN ON. THEN A NEWS BREAK CAME ACROSS THE SCREEN REPORTING THAT A BOMB,ARE A POSSIBLE CRASH OF A HELICOPTER ON THE PENTAGON GROUNDS HAD TAKEN PLACE. THEN ANOTHER REPORT OF A DOWNED AIRCRAFT IN PENNSYVANIA, AT THAT VERY MOMENT MY HEART SANK BECAUSE I KNEW WE WERE UNDER ATTACK. I REMEMBER MY WIFE HAD A SEAMSTRESS SHOWING HER SAMPLES OF DRAPERIES WHEN I TOLD THEM OF THE NEWS, THEY SEEMED TO BE DISINTERESTED, THEY DID NOT GRASP THE REALITY OF WHAT I TOLD THEM UNTIL LATER ON IN THE DAY. I HAD TO GO OUT OF TOWN THAT DAY TO HELP A FRIEND PICK UP SOME FURNITURE. WE STAYED GLUED TO THE RADIO THAT DAY. IT WAS LIKE A DREAM. WE JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED.

I FEEL VERY MUCH SADNESS FOR THE FAMILIES WHO WERE AFFECTED BY WHAT HAPPENED. I STILL CANNOT BELIEVE IT REALLY HAPPENED. I STILL FEEL VERY MUCH ANGER AGAINST THE PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. HOW CAN PEOPLE HATE SO MUCH? I KNOW THESE PEOPLE THINK WE (US CITIZENS) DON'T CARE ABOUT THEM BUT YOU BLOCK OUT WHAT YOU SEE ON TV BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SOLVE ALL THE WORLDS INJUSTICES! I AM SAD THAT AS HUMAN BEINGS WE CAN'T LIVE IN PEACE WITH ONE ANOTHER.

HOW AS A NATION WE ALL CAME TOGETHER. ALSO HOW OUR ALLIES RESPONDED WITH SUCH PASSION,SUPPORT AND DISBELIEF AS WE DID.

I DIDN'T FLY A FLAG WHICH I SOMETIMES AM ASHAMED OF. IDID WHERE ONE ON MY CLOTHES AND PUT ONE ON MY CAR WHICH I INTEND TO KEEP AS A TRADITION.