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story709.xml

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2002-06-04

AN EVENT IN LIFE WHICH I WILL NEVER FORGET. IT ALL STARTED AS A NORMAL DAY. I WAS STANDING IN LINE FOR COFFEE WHEN A MAN CAME OUT OF NOWHERE AN SAID THAT A PLANE HAD JUST CRASHED INTO THE WORLD TRADE CENTER. EVERYONE LOOKED AT HIM LIKE HE WAS CRAZY. ALL HE KEPT SAYING WAS "OH MY GOD A PLANE JUST HIT THE WORLD TRADE OH MY GOD I DON'T BELIEVE IT". AFTER I GOT MY COFFEE I WAS WALKING TO WORK WHEN I BUMP INTO A CO-WORKER. I TOLD HIM WHAT HAD JUST HAPPENED. HE TOO COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. ONCE UPSTAIRS I TOLD EVERYONE ELSE. THEN WE TURNED ON THE T.V. AND ALL OUR FEARS WERE CONFIRMED. EVERYTHING AFTER THAT HAPPENED SO FAST. NEXT THING YOU KNOW EVERYONE WAS EVACUATED. I STAYED A LITTLE WHILE WATCHING THE EVENTS ON T.V. AFTER THE FIRST BUILDING WENT DOWN I DECIDED TO GET OUT THE BUILDING. BUT, LIKE ALOT OF PEOPLE, I DIDN'T GO HOME. I WENT STAIGHT DOWNTOWN. I VOLUNTEERED MY SERVICES BECAUSE I KNEW THAT I WOULD BE NEEDED TO HELP RESCUE PEOPLE. MORE IMPORTANT I NEEDED TO HELP. WITHIN MINUTES I WAS CHOSEN TO HELP SETUP A MAKESHIFT HOSPITAL AT STYVECENT HIGH SCHOOL TO AWAIT THE INJURED. BUT NO ONE CAME. THERE WERE NO INJURED ANYMORE. FOR HOURS ALL WE DID WAS WASH OUT THE EYES OF THE EMECENCY WORKERS WITH SALINE SOLUTION. A NURSE RECRUITED US TO GO INTO GROUND ZERO TO CLEAN OUT THE FIREMEN,POLICE AND RECOVERY WORKERS EYES. I NEVER IN MY LIFE EVEN IMAGINE THAT I WOULD WITNESS SUCH DEVASTATION. AFTER A WHILE I FINALLY TOOK A GOOD LOOK AT MY SURROUNDINGS. I BROKE DOWN AND CRIED. TO THIS VERY DAY I STILL CRY. TWO INDIVIDUAL THAT A KNEW ARE GONE. ONE NEVER TO BE FOUND AGAIN. WITH ALL THE HURT THAT I FEEL, I ALSO FEEL LOTS OF ANGER