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2002-09-11

I had just put my four month old baby down for her morning nap and turned on the Today Show. The regular scheduled program was not on. I saw the first tower of the World Trade Center smoking. I did not know what had happened until I listened further and as I watched and listened a second plane hit the second tower. I experienced disbelief, shock and horror as I thought about the people in the buildings. Then it was reported that the planes were airliners carrying passengers. The enormity and tradgedy of the event began to sink in. All those people on the planes and what they went through and experience during their last moments.
As I watched the towers smoking and burning, I briefly wondered if they could collapse and quickly dismissed the possibility. Not too long after that, the first then second one collapsed and I could not contain my emotions. All those people trapped, killed. All the people who were losing their fathers, mothers, childrens, husbands, wives, fiances, etc. How awful this event was that was unfolding before my very eyes. Then the news about the Pentagon and Shankesville, Pa. Disbelief again that four airlines could be hijacked the very same day and all used for such ill intentions. My heart goes out to all those who lost loved ones. I pray for them in their pain that God will comfort them and give them strength for each day.