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2003-01-22

On the 11th, my soon to be wife and I were in Hawaii. we were woken up at
around 530 AM, by my mother who was screeming franticly on the phone.
I remember Barb jumping out of bed and turning on the t.v. within seconds,
she beagn to cry. as i walked into the front room of the hotel, i saw the
second building go down. I thought it was a movie. As the news started to
ramble on about what had and was happening, I got dressed and drove to the
closest bank I could find. There was a long line of people taking money out of
the ATM in fear that the banking system would shut down. we were all amazed
at what had happened. the last thing i remember of that day, were the surfers
on their boards. they were sitting in the middle of the Kehi harbor. i doubt that
they knew what was happening, but it looked so surreal to
see people surfing as the world as we knew it changed so suddenly.

i'm still as proud to be an American as i was before, but i think i'm more internal with my patriotism.

the black smoke rising against the deep blue sky

yes, i didn't need a terriorist attack to make me more patriotic. i flew before ans still flies today