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2002-08-19

I was about to take my youngest daughter Jordan to school, when I switched the tv over to FoxNews. I saw the picture of the tower with the hole in it. I figured that a small plane had somehow crashed into the building. I took my daughter to school and came back home. My son, who was being homeschooled, said to me, when I walked in the door, "Mom, a plane has crashed into the building." I said,"Yeah, I know, we saw it before we left." And he said, "No, this is another plane that crashed into the other building." I was absolutely in shock! I called my husband, who had been listening to it on the radio. I just couldn't believe the image of that plane flying into that building! It is something I will never forget! After a while, they said that there was a fire at the Pentagon, then they said, "We have unconfirmed reports that a large plane has crashed into the Pentagon." I panicked, even being in a very small town here in Texas. I was so afraid! I wanted to go pick my kids up at school. Oh, one thing I forgot. When I came home and my son told me about the other plane crashing, I thought about the kids who might be getting to school late, and I thought that the teachers at the elem. school might not know what is going on. I called the school and talked to the secretary and she had not heard what had happened. She told the principle, who made an announcement that the teachers were to leave their tv's off because of what was going on in New York and Washington. Then, I heard about the plane crashing in Pennsylvania. My first thought was that the terrorists had crashed it on purpose because they knew they might not make it back to Washington. Only later did we all find out what the wonderful people on that plane did, fighting to take control of the plane, giving their lives to save maybe thousands of others. I was glued to the tv for weeks, and pretty much still am. I am so proud of President Bush and the way he has handled everything. He makes me very proud to be a Christian and a conservative. I will never forget the tears in his eyes because I could tell that they were real tears, and he really hurt for the people who died and their families. I then went on a hunt for a flag, and when I finally got one, I hung it out and it is still there. Not because it is the latest "fad", or because everyone else is doing it. I did it because I am so glad and thankful that I live in this wonderful country! Our lives will never be the same again because of 9/11, but in the midst of tragedy has come incredible stories of bravery and sacrifice, and I am also very proud of our military and the job they are doing. I pray that God will continue to bless this country and I hope that future generations to come will understand what it really means to be patriotic, and to be an American. Thank you!