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2002-09-11

I had just woken up and was watching Good Morning America when they showed footage of the first plane hitting. I thought it must have been an accident or a crash. I drove to work when I heard on the radio the country was under attack with hijacked planes and that my work had also been evacuated. I worked at the Mall of America at the time and they felt this could also be a possible terrorist target. I remember that I have never felt so frightened in my life to have to worry about a terrorist attacking and not knowing what was about to happen next. I spent the rest of the day watching the footage and news on television in utter dismay. My generation had hardly seen war let alone an attack on our own soil. The events of September 11 put everything into perspective what was important in life and that we should never take life for granted.