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              <text>I was talking to my grandmother and heard on 95.5 that a plane has hit one of the towers.  I told my grandmother to turn the TV on and I will call her later.  I then immediately called my husband who worked in the City at the time and he said that a plane hit and they think it was more than just an accident.  At that point I held my stomach, for I was 6 months pregnant at the time and was really not sure what was happening.  I proceeded to work and when I arrived the chatter was that another plane hit and then the Pentagon.  At that moment I thought of my older children who were in school and I left work without looking back.  

I truly felt at that point that we were going to war on our homefront that things will never be the same.  I kept thinking of my children in school wondering what they were thinking.  I immediately could not get over the bridge since they closed it but I finally went down a one way street and proceded onto the bridge.  As I was driving I looked to my left and there it was smoke billowing from the towers.  My heart ached and I had an odd feeling that it was one of those events that will live with you forever.  I worried about my husband but felt so helpless for my children and my child who was not born yet.

I never returned to work after the 11th.  I stayed home and my second daughter was born on the 11th of December.

I would not stop watching TV.  I was in awe of the life I put my children in.  I do realize we will come through and we will succeed in whatever we need to do to stop this terror on our homefront.

I want to hold my children safe, I want them to never feel afraid or alone in this world.  I want them to know this is a wonderful world we live in and that 90% of us are good and honest people.

I want them to love and never hate those around us.  I hope that we can make their world a better place and a safe place.

I feel for all of those lost and all of those that have lost.  I could never imagine this happening to us, but we are stronger for it and we will come out of it bigger and better.

Hug more, love more, try not to yell or get upset over simple things.  Enjoy every day and every minute.  Those people did not chose to leave us they were forced into it.

My heart felt sympathy to all of those who lost and those of us who have been affected by this horrible event.

Hug your children and family more...love them more...understand them more...your family is the most important and that you are there for them in good times and in bad.  

I never had a day go by that I don't think of what happened, the people it happen to and the children that this has effected.  

My thoughts and prayers are with you.  Enjoy life to it's fullest and don't let them get you down.  Love to the fullest.</text>
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I don't remember exactly when, but I heard a rumbling noise outside my window, which overlooked Columbia Pike in Arlington.  I didn't know at the time, but a plane had struck the Pentagon at that moment, about 2-1/2 miles due east of me.  The news anchors interrupted someone they were talking to from New York and immediately went to live coverage of "an explosion reported at the Pentagon."  The now-familiar scene of black smoke pouring out of the fortress-like office building filled the screen.  There were more rumblings outside, followed by an explosion that vibrated the walls and windows of my apartment.  Minutes later, there was another report of a plane heading for Washington, which was alarming considering that the FAA airspace ban had taken effect.  I don't remember anytime I felt more frightened in recent years, staring out the window watching for a wayward jumbo jet.  Terrorism, which up until then had only been a news item from a distance, had struck home in Arlington County.  Police, fire, and emergency sirens blared almost continuously all day.

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After another minute or two, people began shouting in the hallway.  We had been hit.  By what, we did not know, but most assumed that it was another airplane.  Could there be more?  We filed outside and the alarms were sounding.  Standing on the parade ground, I turned around to see the black cloud I had seen moments earlier on the television.  Wondering what might be next, we heard the Defense Protective Service police shouting for us to get away from the building -- another plane was coming.  I made it to my car and drove up the George Washington Parkway, finally getting home a few hours later, after stopping at a payphone to convince the operator to put me through to my parents in Boston.

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Up until that point, there was not a soul in the room who had heard a single comment on the horrific events that had taken place on that fateful morning.  At that moment, none of us truely realized the extraordinary impact these events would have on the lives of so many, personally, nationally, and world-wide.  All I knew at that moment was that the World Trade Center had been attacked, that each Twin Tower had been struck by a commercial airplane.  (I, unfortunately, was informed of the first plane's crash simultaneously with the second plane's crash.)  

Instead of encouraging the investigation of any details whatsoever of that morning, we were forced to return to the everyday activities of a "normal" school day, stifling all curiosity we had.  The school officials claimed this was too traumatic an event to be wittnessing at school, that many students would feel far too uncomfortable and would prefer to wait until they were in the comforts of their own homes to investigate the situation any further.  To some, this is perfectly valid, however, the day seemed endless, and I could hardly bear learning of these life-altering events through rumors and word of mouth by means of what my friends were previewed to by the few teachers who disobeyed the principal's orders.  I wanted to know who committed these horrific acts of violence against innocent civilians, what motives they had, and what the reprocussions were thus far.  Few of my questions could actually be answered until much later, but I needed and yearned for some connection to New York; I wanted to actually see what was happening.  

When I got home, the aftermath of September 11th was not very different from most anyone else's.  I am fortunate enough to not know personally anyone who passed away due to the terrorist attacks.  However, I sympathized and empathized with all who had any remote connection to any victims.  I would find myself bawling in the car as I listened to the radio, where the announcer was revealing yet another story of an email a son received from his father on the 82nd story of the second Twin Tower, reading something to the effect of "If I dont make it, I want you to know I love you and am so incredibly proud of everything you do."  These heartwrenching stories were endless, one after the other, each unique in who it affected and how they would confront their emotions.  Yet, these events bound everyone together.  The nation as a whole mourns for the civilians, firefighters, police men, emergency workers, and vollunteers who tragically lost their lives.  We want to be able to say that we can return to normalcy; however after a tragedy such as this normalcy will never be the same again.  We will all remember where we were on the morning of September 11th.  It is sad to admit that it took a something of this magnitude to arise within us such national pride and sympathy for the common man.  However, now that it has happened, all we can do now is prevent anything like this from happening again.  

I want anyone directly affected by the attacks of 9-11 to know that no matter how hard life seems, and how much they question why it had to happen to them, the rest of us are experiencing the pain and suffering with them.  Though it may not be the most noteworthy account or the most elequently written, I want to dedicate my story to the memory of all those who tragically lost their lives on September 11, 2001.  I will never forget you.</text>
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