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2002-09-11

Being disabled and home all the time, I was watching Good Day NY on Fox five. I was also finishing up a phone conversation with a nephew, who lives out of state, when the first plane hit. I was telling him what had happened and that the report came over the TV that it might have been an accident. I hung up and I was glued to the TV. About an hour later, my nephew called back and all I remember him saying was: "What the hell is going on down there". I told him we were under attack, as the second plane had already hit. All I could say was "Oh, My God, as I thought of all the people I knew from the neighborhood that worked in those buildings. Joseph Ianelli, a friend, who worked in Tower 1, around the 97th fl, needless to say, his remains were never found. Our cousin's brother, Raymond Murphy - a NYC Fireman, was lost in the line of duty. I was remembering when the WTC was built. I would be in Manhattan on business and I would stop and watch these magnificent buildings go up. HOW DARE THEY ATTACK OUR CITY.... HOW DARE THEY KILL OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW US, BUT YET THEY JUDGE US. From that day on and for weeks, I taped every news report, I saved certain News headlines and articles. It's like I have to know that we got Bin Laden... I've become obsessed with his capture or demise. Since 9/11/01, I have become more tolerable and have more patience. I treasure my family more, even the ones that were not so tolerable before 9/11, And I say my prayers a little more, because I know, deep down inside, that 9/11 was only the beginning. They will try again, and God be with us all.