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2002-02-20

I arrived at work early as usual. My tour didn't start until 9:00am, but I always got to work at least two hours early. My goal was to complete whatever work the Executive Director had left the night before then go over to the World Trade Center 18th floor, and deliver more information to the EEO worker who I had been working with on my case. I stopped to talk a couple of times as other workers arrived at work so that delayed me a bit. When the first plane hit I felt the building shake I heard someone scream, then someone else yelled "the World Trade building just blew up." We went running to one of the offices where you could view the building clear. I just looked at it in amazement. I could'nt belive what I was seeing. Another worker walked in she said that it wasn't a bomb it was a plane. We all stood their talking about the plane making a error in judgement and hitting the building, but then the unspeakable happened the second plane came and we watched as it hit the second building. I could'nt believe this was happening I turned to someone and said "I was suppose to be there right now", and as soon as I said that a women jumped out the window of the World Trade, but I could'nt see a face her black dress or skirt made a paracute and it seemed like slow motion descending her to the ground. I just bust out crying to her to "fly to heaven my daughter will help you once you get their" I could'nt move I was so upset someone grabbed my arm and told me we had to leave. I called my mother who was at home and told her not to go out and vote to please stay in the house, then I called my sister (my twin who is my life)
to turn back around if she wasn't to far and go back home, but I got her voice mail. I finally gathered my composure and I ran around the office to make sure everyone was out on my side then we all ran down the steps. We stayed until about 3:00pm watching people jump to there deaths, then the buildings fell.