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2002-09-11

My husband and I were on our way to Las Vegas to meet my huband's family for a Pearl Harbor Reunion. His father is a Pearl Harbor survivor. We were the last of the family to fly out there. Our plane which was America West Flight #77 took off from Reagan National Airport about 9:25 AM. We flew over the Pentagon about 9:30 AM. This was approximately 8 minutes before the plane hit it. We had to have passed the hijacked flight in mid-air. The irony is that we thought we had a flight out of Dulles and it wasn't until the night before that we realized our flight left from Reagan. Our family didn't know which airport we had flown out of so they were hysterical all day long. Our oldest daughter worked for the FAA at the Command Center and she was at work that day helping to land all the planes and not knowing which one we were on. They all worried we were on American Flight #77 that hit the Pentagon. We just thank God that we were spared that day and we offer our sincere condolences to all who were injured or had family that died that day.
The Vorces Centreville, VA.