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2002-09-12

On the morning of September 11, 2001, I was sitting down to eat breakfast at our kitchen table. I was a senior in college at Montana Tech; I had an 8:00 class that day. We had a small TV in our kitchen that my mom always has tuned into the "Today" show. It was my morning routine to sit down and eat my Cheerios while watching. I remember coming into the kitchen and seeing the first tower smoking. I asked my mom what was going on, and she said a plane had crashed into the tower. I thought it was an accident, until I watched in horror as the second plane hit. My dad walked in just as it happened, and he said "Is that a movie or something?" I told him no, that it wasn't. I knew then that I was witness to history in the making. I stayed home from school that day and watched television. I watched as both towers collapsed and listened as a news correspondent felt the shake in the Pentagon as the 3rd plane hit. I remember feeling so helpless to be so far away. I was so shocked and disgusted that anyone could do something like this in the name of their God. I will never ever forget how it felt, and that's the way it should be.

God Bless America. I love you all, and I'm so proud of you, my brothers and sisters.