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 the day the world stopped turning
Posted by: Shannon from Stratford
Tuesday September 10, 2002 @ 08:33 PDT

i am 29 years old and i am a mother of three small children. at the time the first plane hit the trade center i was at home, my children were running around like it was just a regular ordinary day. we talked about what we were going to do that day {my children love to do stuff} and my father in law called to tell me to turn on the t.v so i did, my husbnd was working at the time in a company that i had to wait to hear from him and i remember turning on the t.v at the exact moment the second plane hit the trade center. all i felt in my gut was how someone so evil could do something like this. after having three children my second thought was oh my god i hope these people get out and noone loses their mom's and dad's and children of their own. the phone rang and it was my husband, he wanted to know if it was true that people were flying planes into the trade center at that exact moment tower one came down. my reply to him was what trade center. over come with greif at the loss of life on that dreadful day. i grabbed my children and i prayed for all the people who had just died. i still feel that feeling today. so many people who never got a chance to say good bye. i tried to think of ways to help and i could'nt give blood yet because it hadn't been 6 months since i delivered my son. and they say to wait at least six months before doing so. and i didn't have the money to send. but i did go to the walmart and i bought socks and eye wash and underwear for the workers it wasn't much but it was something. my cousin rick went to ground zero the same day the trade center came down {he was a volanteer fireman} and carried out bodies and dug through all the debris. i am so proud of him. but just two weeks ago i gave blood for the first time in years and i have to tell you it was the best feeling in the world. if you are afraid of giving blood don't be the red cross really needs it and think of all the lives you can save. my point to this letter is, an evil act took place one year ago tomorrow and anyone who feels that god let this happen he didn't. he watched and he wept like the rest of us. and he was there to assure that his children were finally at rest from that horrific ordeal. please turn to god, not away. he'll help you greive and he'll comfort you. god bless you all. and don't forget to tell your loved ones everyday that you love them and how special they are to you. i know i do!
 


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