nmah180.xml

nmah180.xml

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2002-08-19

First and foremost ill apoligize in advance for any spelling or grammatical errors. I was working on H3 Blast Furnace in East Chicago Indiana for LTV Steel at the time with a fellow co-worker Chris. Our foreman came around to our job and informed us the "A plane had hit the World Trade Center". My fisrt response was shock and that how could such a accident have happen..... Well he returned a short time later to inform us (he as well as I are both ex Army guys so our brains were spinning at once) that another plane had hit the other tower! At that moment we were completing our job and picking up tools etc... I was angry, scared, shocked, and horrified all at the smae time. We hurried to a break area where someone had a television (contraband at work of course but under certain circumstances things are overlooked) all over the news was video of the planes hitting the towers then all the rumors of planes hitting the Pentagon and the White House (thankfully that didnt happen) the whole break room was filled with Angry and shocked men and a woman (incase she reads this *S*) foreman and workers alike, company and union, black, white, and hispanic, old and young, the room was filled with AMERICANS many of whom couldnt understand what was unfolding before us. Then they came down there wasnt a dry eye in the room. We talked and hugged eachother we cried throwing our machismo out the window. Ok I wont ramble anymore it was a very emotional day for us all I just wanted to share my experience of how everyone came together. No matter how much we fight amongst ourselves Americans will come together in times of need! God bless America (even if you dont believe in a God)!!!!

Im not sure how excatly my life has changed.... has it changes cause now around the time of Air Shows when I see 4 F-15's fly over and ive forgotten or didnt know about the show that I run to the TV to see if we are being attacked again? Or if I hear a loud boom am I curious if its a bomb or not? Or when I see a police officer I dont necessarily think hes gonna give me a ticket cause I have a whole ne perspective on their brave souls. Im not sure if Ive changed for better or worse but I have changed...AS have we all.

I think 9/11 should be first of all a memorial type of day to everyone that lost their life or loved ones. 2 it should be a wake up call to all Americans that things arent always hugs and kisses and we have to be more proactive in defending ourselves. 3 it should be remembered that Muslims didnt do this! it was som whacked out control freaks bent on destruction at any cost!

yes I have flown my flag more since 9/11. Ive always had a deep patriotic sense about me and to me the flag represents everything that I have ie. my freedom to do this for example.....etc etc the freedoms we have are to many and to important to be reduced to a few words on a screen.