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2002-09-12

I was trying to restart my mineral business by changing credit card service providers over the phone via TDD {Telacaptioning device for deaf} in the kichen.My wife Dixie was sitting down to "watch" the morning news when the annoucement came over the TV in close captioning about something happening in New York City.This information was of interest to me as that is where I'm from.The shock was great,of seeing what happened.At first I though I was watching some special movie effect.Then it dawned on me that this was real,I felt sick.The rest of the day was painful and sad,it will live with me.
Richard Clair

I was watching "Today" on Tuesday morning, the journalist mentioned something happened at WTC,then TV showed the great smoking coming out the building. I was shocked and was glued to this horrible news till I had to leave for out of the town trip. I was stunned from what I had witnessed this horrible scene after the second plane crashed to other building, it was unbelievable but unfortunately it actually happened. I kept seeing the picture of fleeing people with ashes falling down on them in my mind... I would never forget it

Dixie M Blackwell