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2002-09-11

SEPTEMBER 11TH WHAT CAN I SAY I JUST THINK OF IT AS THE DAY AMERICA STOOD STILL. I WAS AT WORK AT 7:30 AM CST THINKING THIS IS JUST ANOTHER WORK DAY WHEN MY FELLOW EMPLOYEES RAN IN AND TOLD ME THE WORLD TRADE CENTER WAS HIT BY TERRORISTS. IN MY MIND I THOUGHT THIS COULD NOT BE HAPPENING WE RAN TO THE WAREHOUSE TURNED ON THE RADIO AND LISTEN TO THE HORRIFIC EVENTS UNFOLD. ALL I THOUGHT WAS ALL THE LIVES THAT WERE WASTED THIS DAY AND HOW COULD SOMEBODY DO THIS TO US. WE CRIED, PRAYED AND HOPED FOR THESE HEROS THAT THEY WOULD BE FOUND. WE PRAYED FOR THEIR FAMILIES THAT THEY WOULD SEE THEIR LOVED ONES AGAIN AND THEN WE PRAYED THAT OUR GOVERNMENT WOULD FIND THE BASTARDS WHO DID THIS AND PUNISH THEM. I REMEMBER A PHONE CALL FROM MY PARENTS WHO WHERE IN AUSTRALIA THEY WHERE FRIGHTEN AND SCARED FOR THEIR FAMILY AND I WAS SCARED FOR THEM. I TOLD THEM NOT TO GET ON A PLANE STAY THERE AT LEAST I KNOW YOU WILL BE SAFE. WE WILL NEVER FORGET THIS DAY OUR HEROS WILL ALWAYS BE IN HEARTS. GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!!!!