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2002-09-11

Just before the first plane hit the towers I was reading an email my Submariner son had sent earlier in the morning from where he was stationed in Groton,Ct. He said," Mom, I will be on my way home this morning by about 6:30 am. I will be leaving out of Logan Airport. Then the planes hit the towers and the Pentagon and subsequent information indicating at least two of the planes were from Logan Airport.I tried repeatedly to contact my son via phone and email and passenger status, then Red Cross. By noon I had picked up our two younger children from school and relayed my inability to my husband to locate our son.
Appearantly, he had been unable to locate the base commander for his signature in time to catch his flight then the base went into lockdown and all subs sent out to sea. He was reordered to base watch command and was at his post for a several hours but around 4:30pm Mtn time, he called to say he was ok. I was so relieved and Thanked God that while I know he would have been as heroic as those on flight 93 without hesitation. I was greatful he missed his flight.And, I grieve for the other moms who lost their loved ones.