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2002-10-05

When the news hit Australia it was late in the evening. I was at my sister's and we were both sound asleep. Her husband came home from work and woke her up. She came in my room and told me that there had been a plane crash in the US but at this time there was no talk of terrorist attacks. I drifted back to sleep thinking plane crash...poor people...pray for the famililies. My sister left the TV on overnight so that it would be the first thing I saw in the morning and I couldn't believe what I was looking at. It was as though someone had punched me in the gut. I am sure we all agree that no words can EVER describe the way we felt. I went to work where for the first time ever there was a hush and such sadness as we listened out for more news while feeling utterly helpless. We prayed and we were sorry.