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2002-09-13

My family just woke up and were starting our morning ritual of coffee and breakfast when my husband told me to come in the bedroom because an interuption with Tom Brokaw came on. We thought that it was just an accident or something. Well, it was worse. It turns out that a plane has hit one of the towers. Deep down inside me, I knew that this could not be an accident! No one in their right mind would ever let a plane accidentaly hit a huge building with people still inside. That is when I got the chills. Then as we were watching, another plane hit the other one. That's when I knew that it was exactly what I thought at first, we are under attack! Shortly after that, another plane hits the pentagon and then in Pennsylvania. This is no coincidence! I thought about the President. I hope that he is somewhere safe. Someone was thinking correctly because they had the VP in hiding and POTUS was moving and no one knew where he was. I thought that was a good idea. If it was known on the news, then all over the world people would know where he is and who knew who was attacking us?! It was smart to not let the press get ahold of the location of POTUS. I am glad today that we have a great leader like him to lead our country instead of someone like Clinton. He made his wife a laughing stock as well as his Presidency. I wish I could shake our great leader's hand some day.