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I was trying to install a computer in a small office, when I heard the new come over a radio. I was shocked, stunned...then the second plane hit. I couldn't think straight. This was America !

By 5 P.M., I was totally confused...didn't know what had happened (speculation was terrorism). I had to get home to my teenagers...I knew that if I was shocked about this event, they needed me to help understand the events...

I thanked God that my parents weren't alive to have witnessed this happening to our nation...My Dad was a WWII veteran (Navy), then a Pediatrician, and my Mom, a teacher. They loved their country, and taught all of us that our country's strength was in it's diversity...accepting all races, creeds, cultures, religions - that made us unique...and also a democracy...

Days later, I found out 2 friends of mine had perished.

On 9-11, we were damaged and bruised...but we also became more determined than ever to be "one Nation, under God, indivisable, with liberty and justice, for ALL.

9-11 victims, families and heroes will live on in my mind and heart forever. May we help provide the strength and the determination for you to go on.

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2002-09-11