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2002-09-17

I had gotten to my shop a little before nine that morning. I usually turn on the radio first thing to listen to the local talk radio topics of local interest. I was stunned by what I was hearing. I really couldn't believe it. So I picked up the phone and called my husband. I asked if he was watching TV? He said no, so I asked him to turn it on and see if they were talking about the plane that had just hit the World Trade Center. So he did, and they were. We talked on the phone several times during that day as he watched the TV and I listened to the radio. I guess I did some work that day, but I know it couldn't have been much. I just kept listening, and thinking. My husband and I and his parents were scheduled to leave on September 13th for a vacation to the east coast. We talked to each other, and then with his parents as to wether we should cancel our plans or continue with them. We had really decided to cancel going by that evening. Then the next morning (the 12th)we looked at each other and said "we are going". By not going the "Terrorist" win by causing us to chance our lives. So we went! Though we had to change some of the areas we had planned to visit. I had really been looking forward to going to Washington D.C.. I love lighthouses and had also planned to visit the one near Virginia Beach that is close to the navel base. It was barricaded off to the public. But the most memorable moment of the whole trip was looking out across the bay as the USS Roosevelt was leaving port. I know we were quite a distance from it, but it looked so big. I remember feeling so proud! But at the same time I said a prayer to GOD to watchover and protect all those brave people who were leaving on an uncertain journey.
As the year since 911 has passed I am proud of the way most of our citizens have handled these trying times. I believe in and support our president, George W. Bush. I am proud to pledge the allegiance to my flag and country "under GOD"!