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2002-09-18

We had just moved northwest of Pittsburgh after spending most of our lives in Pittsburgh's east suburbs. I was desperate to find work and was having a one-woman pity party. My husband called and said he heard something about a plane hitting the World Trade Center. I figured someone grazed it by mistake. Then I called my best friend (mostly to commisserate)we mentioned the plane in passing. Then the man from the phone company came by to put in the 2nd line for the computer. He worked diligently. I updated him periodically on the tragedy but, he wasn't very interested. I was alone in a new house in a new neighborhood with a complete stranger. My eyes were glued to the television. Of all the horrors I saw that day one stands out. When the first tower collapsed the talking heads were bantering and didn't notice. I started yelling at the TV-"the building is collapsing". Finally, the talking heads heard me and reported the collapse. Another thing I will never forget are the people that dove off the building. I will never forget that sight.