nmah5557.xml

nmah5557.xml

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2003-07-06

I WAS AT WORK AT THE BARRON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPT IN BARRON WIS. I WORK IN DISPATCH. THAT MORNING ONE OF OUR JAILERS CAME INTO DISPATCH TO ADVISE US TO TURN THE TV ON. SHE ADVISED A PLANE CRASHED INTO THE WORLD TRADE CENTER. I FIGURED IT WAS A SMALL PLANE. WHEN I TURNED THE TV ON TO THE "TODAY" SHOW I COULD NOT BELIEVE THE LARGE HOLE. SOON EVERYONE GATHTERED AROUND THE TV. SOON WE SAW ANOTHER EXPLOSION HAPPEN AT THE OTHER TOWER. WE COULD NOT BELIEVE WE ACTUALLY SAW IT HAPPEN ON TV. WE WERE ALL AMAZED AT WHAT WAS HAPPENING. WORKING IN DISPATCH THAT DAY WE RECEIVED A FEW CALL FROM CITIZENS. SOME THOUGHT IT WAS AN ATTACK. SOME WERE NERVOUS THAT THIS SAME THING THAT WAS TAKING PLACE ON TV MAY HAPPEN CLOSE TO HOME. I REMEMBER A SICK FEELING INSIDE MYSELF. I WAS VERY COLD THAT DAY THINKING ABOUT WHAT TOOK PLACE.
SOON WORD GOT OUT THAT GAS PRICES WERE GOING TO SKY ROCKET BECAUSE OF THE ATTACK. WHEN I LEFT WORK I DID FILL MY CAR WITH GAS. IT WAS THE ONLY TIME I EVER PAID CLOSE TO $2 A GALLON FOR GAS. THE NEXT DAY GAS PRICES WERE BACK TO NORMAL BECAUSE SOME STATIONS WERE TOLD TO LOWER THEM

NO, I DO NOT BELIEVE IT HAS CHANGED.

OBVIOUSLY THE VICTIMS NEED TO BE REMEMBERED SOME WAY. THE TOWERS ALSO NEED TO BE REMEMBERED. THE TOWERS WERE LOOKED AT BY SOME AS AMERICAN SUPREMECY AND TECHNOLOGY. BY BRINGING THEM DOWN SOME THOUGHT YOU WILL BRING DOWN AMERICA.

I DO HAVE AN AMERICAN FLAG SHOWING ON MY HOUSE. IT WAS NOT UNTILL A FEW MONTHS LATER. I THOUGHT IT ADDED TO MY HOUSE. I DO LOOK AT THE FLAG DIFFERENTLY. THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE EVENTS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE SINCE THE ATTACK. THE IRAQI AND AFGANISTAN WAR OBVIOUSLY.