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2002-09-11

I woke up to my mother shaking me and telling me to get up and "come watch the news!", "You won't believe what happened". I had just flown in from Puerto Rico that night before from a little vacation with my then "honey" and didn't feel like getting up and watching the news. I yelled back to tell her that I wasn't at all interested and tried to fall back asleep when I heard my older brothers voice, "its the end of the world". That seemed to have grabbed my attention and I rolled out of the bed to come and find out that two airplanes had flown into the world trade towers. It was horrific. No words can explain the feeling of complete helplessness and anger I felt and do still seem to feel to this day. I found myself clinging to my mother and every other member of my family. Who knew what could have happened next. To me the world was ending.