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2005-06-20

i was working for white house realtors in white house, tn. i was the receptionist. and it was my job to open the office. we had a t.v. in our waiting area. and i was walking through doing my usual morning duties. starting coffee, unlocking the doors, turning on the t.v. the morning show was on. and i could hear bryant gumboul talking about a little plane that had hit a building in new york. i was thinking that is odd. certainly a plane can see this big o builing. so i go into the waiting room to see what he is talking about. and there is smoke coming from one of the twin towers. my desk there faced the t.v. so i go and call one of my co-workers. i tell her to turn on her t.v. and we are looking at this together and talking about it on the phone. we are saying how strange it is that a plane flew into this big building. we were thinking it was like a little passanger plane. and the news guys didn't know much at the time either. while we are talking we see this little dot in the back ground. and i ask my friend what is that? she says i don't know it looks like a plane. and i say it is a plane. it is gonna hit that tower. it is getting to close... then bam!!! it hits . we are both yelling oh my god .. did you see that? did you see that? what is causing these planes to hit these builings. we are thinking some strange force is pulling them into the builings. not for one second are we thinking someone is attacking us. then my boss comes in and says i heard on the radio what is going on. and little by little more employees are coming in. not going for coffee or to check their messages. just straight to the t.v. we are all standing around staring at the t.v. then someone mentions. i think we are under attack. we all just look at each other like what? then we here there is a possiblitiy that there are more planes that have been hi-jacked. i think oh no!!! my husband is working in washington dc. if we are under attack they will hit there next. my husband was working construction about 12 miles from dulles airport where one of the planes was hi-jacked. i run to the phone . to try and call his cell. but no one can get through at all. the cells are flooded with calls. finally i get through. i say are you ok. he is like yeah why??? he has no idea what has even happened or what is going on. i fill him in on what i know. they all run to a radio and listen. he was scheduled to fly home for a visit 2 days after the 11th. from dulles airport. i tell him get out of washington but don't get on a plane. he can't leave to come home for 2 more days. he rents a car to come home. you couldn't fly even if you wanted to. all airports were shut down for days. but who wanted to fly???? when he got home i had been in front of the t.v. for 48hrs straight. i couldn't take my eyes away. i had cried and been freightened for 2 days. when i saw him i just hugged him for like an hour. and thanked god i was not posting his picture up searching for him like i watched people do on t.v. for 2 days. now that we know the time line of all the flights i know where i was that whole day. i was dropping my 2 year old off a day care when the first plane hit. i was at work and watched the 2nd plane hit. i was calling my husband begging him to get out of washington when the other 2 crashed. i didn't know what was going to happen next or where? i felt so unsafe, like a sitting target to some of the most evil people in this world. i just prayed and prayed. i prayed for our safety, i prayed for our firemen. our police men, the missing, the found, the families and friends of victims, i prayed for our president, i prayed for the people and children on the planes. then i did what most people wouldn't i prayed for those who caused those planes to crash. i thought how lost you must be to let some crazy fool brain wash you into believing this was the right thing to do... and i prayed God give us strength to heal from this. and he has eveyday.
i'll never forget that day. i saved all the magazines and newspapers from that day. and i will show them to my children. so they will know. America is strong and when struck we will gather together to help, defend,protect one another. that day was sad and scary but something i saw that day and the following days to come was no one saw color. they just saw American hurting and we all came together. Amen for that. God bless us all.