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2002-09-11

MY HUSBAND AND I WERE GETTING READY TO LEAVE FOR THE MORNING AND I HAD CNN ON. I HEARD THAT A PLANE HAD HIT ONE OF THE WORLD TRADE BUILDINGS AND AS I WAS WATCHING IT ON TV, I SAW ANOTHER PLANE CIRCLING THE TOWER. I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, "THAT PLANE SHOULDN'T BE THERE." I THOUGHT IT JUST WANTED TO GET A CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT HAD HAPPENED MINUTES BEFORE. WELL, I WAS SO WRONG. AS I WAS WATCHING THE TV, I SAW THE SECOND PLACE CRASH INTO THE SECOND TOWER AND I WAS SO UPSET BECAUSE I THOUGHT OF THE MANY FAMILIES THAT WOULD NEVER SEE THEIR LOVED ONES AGAIN. I DIDN'T KNOW ANYONE PERSONALLY, BUT MANY OF OUR SOUTH CAROLINA FIRE FIGHTERS WENT TO NEW YORK WITH NO QUESTIONS ASK. THAT IS A TRUE AMERICAN.