nmah4152.xml

nmah4152.xml

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2002-09-11

My husband, daughter, and I were in court that morning. We were trying to establish my husband's innocence as to a yellow line violation. The officer who stopped us accused him of drinking and driving. We do not drink, whether we drive or not. The lawyer believed him, but the officer still insisted on getting my husband on something. He has a 45 year, perfect driving record and is usually a happy-go-lucky guy. Everybody loves him. But for some reason, he had an attitude with the officer. The officer was quite a hot-head. Anyway, we thought our world and his perfect record was crushed! At the time, this was the worst thing that could have happened to us. We won our case; but upon returning home, turned on the television to find our world was truly more crushed than we could ever, ever imagine! We saw the second plane go into the second tower. The three of us just stood there, eyes wide open, hearts pounding, tears streaming down our cheeks. We were in shock. Our troubles suddenly became very small compared to all the lost lives. We love America! How dare anyone try to take our America away! We stayed glued to the television that day. We fly our American flag to show we don't run from these terrorists. All the terrorists succeeded in doing was to strengthen our families, our patriosm, and our beliefs. God bless America! United we stand!

It has strengthened our lives in every way. We try not to sweat the small stuff. We have to show that each and every human being is important. Life is shor and very precious. I am shy, but when I now see anyone in a corner alone, or having a hard time with something, I make it a point to try to help in any small way that I can.A

America is great. People who stand together can put this country back again even stronger than ever before.

I always loved the American flag and loved to fly it; but now I try to get everyone else to do so. I try to get any friends and family one if needed.