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2002-09-11

September 11, 2001 was suppose to be an ordinary day, with numerous errands to accomplish but instead it turned into a day of disbelief. As I sat glued to my TV watching the horrible scenes play out over and over I felt so afraid. I was so far from either New York or Washington or Pennslyvannia yet I felt as though I was there with those people, feeling their fear, disbelief, shock. I wanted to gather my children from school and keep them close to me. I cried for those people in New York, on the planes and the firefighters that would never make it out of the towers and for myself-crying that my feeling of safety and security would never be what it once was. I also cried for my children and all the other children who have to face a future now where a spineless enemy may attack other civilian targets without concern and they will be the ones called upon to defend this freedom that we all hold dear. God Bless this Country and our future generations!