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                <text>This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. </text>
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            <text>As a young girl I visited the World Trade Center all the time.  My sister worked in the building.  Later in life, I too would work in that building.  I have been up to the top many times...have eaten at Windows on the World.  I used to have breakfast at the Vista Hotel every Saturday.  I have spent endless hours in the center by the Globe just watching it turn ever so slowly and watching the water ripple.  That building really isn't the World Trade Center...the place of American Capitalism.  That place was a Wonderland to me.  A place of exploration and great memories of my childhood.  A lot of people have worked in the Trade Center.  I worked for four years for a retailer on the Concourse. It was a great experience and I met wonderful people--New Yorkers, Foreigners, Kids and Adults.   I left New York in 1990 to move to Florida.  When I saw the buildings fall down, I too was crushed and all those memories came flying back to me.  You see, whenever I went back up to N.Y. to visit I would always visit this fun place of my youth.  I don't think I will ever have the strength to visit that place anymore.  I think it would be too hard.  I was in New York about three weeks after the attack to finish up some details on my Wedding.  I went up again in January for my Wedding. I did not go to the site.  You see, the terrorists didn't knock down American Capitalism.  They destroyed a great building with great people and great dreams.  The terrorists didn't vie Americans against Americans.  They united us in a common cause,  FREEDOM...COURAGE...and HELPING EACH OTHER.  I know people don't want to rebuild on the ground were a lot of people died.  I had a friend die that day as well.  But I say, rebuild it.  Rebuild it taller, stronger and make it as magnificent as it once was.  Build a memorial site right off the water close to the shore.  Make it a tall structure inscribed with all the names of the lost souls and heros of the buildings in NY, the Pentagon and the flights.  But rebuild those towers...and let the next generation have a chance to experience all the memories and feelings I had as a young girl in such a Wonderland.</text>
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