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2002-09-13

I was asleep when my husband flew into the room and woke me with
a terrified look in his eyes. Come here! As he pulled me to the
the living room, with sleep still in my eyes the twin towers.
I lowered myself to the couch and asked what was going on and
as I did the second plane hit. I sat there with my jaws open
trying to understand what I was seeing. My husband, who is a
native of New York stood there in disbelief, OH MY GOD, was
all I could say as I tried to comprehend this sight I asked
him about his family who still lives there. Getting on the
phone but not getting through. Busy.Busy. Busy That is when
before my very eyes the unthinkable.As I unknowly held my
breathe, I saw those lives vanish, I could not breathe. As
the concrete dust enveloped the people at ground zero I held
my breathe. How can I, so far away, recover from this
horrible day? My children sleeping in thier beds, oblivious
to the happenings while they slept. This anniversary, I
cried all day. Did this day change me ? Yes it did.
It doesn't matter where you live or how far away I was
from New York or Washington or Pensilvania, a part of me
died that day too. And I will NEVER forget.