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2002-09-11

I WAS NINE MONTHS PREGNANT WITH TWIN GIRLS. I WOKE UP THAT MORNING AND PUT ON THE TV LIKE I DID EVERY OTHER MORNING BUT I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE THE WORLD TRADE UP IN SMOKE AND NOT KNOWING WHAT WAS GOING ON..I YELLED TO MY HUSBAND AND HE DIDN'T KNOW EITHER..WE CALLED PEOPLE WE KNEW TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED..I WAS TERRIFIED..I THOUGHT THIS COULD POSSIBLY BE THE END OF THE WORLD AND I FELT SO HELPLESS FOR MY BABIES WHO WERE BORN FOUR DAYS LATER...I EXPRESSED TO MY FAMILY THAT I CARRIED THEM SAFELY AND HEALTHLY FOR NINE MONTHS ONLY TO END MY PREGNANCY THIS WAY..ALSO I WAS WORRIED THAT SOME PEOPLE I USED TO WORK WITH WERE DECEASED..I USED TO WORK AT DEAN WITTER IN FIVE WORLD TRADE ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO...TILL THIS DAY I STILL GET CHILLS WHEN I SEE ANY PHOTOS OF THAT HORRIBLE DAY.