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where i was when the world changed forever.
Posted by: Matthew Sutton from Salem, Oregon Wednesday September 11, 2002 @ 04:36 PDT
i live in salem oregon so when the attack on the world trade center took place it was before 6:00 am here and i was asleep. my mother come to my room and told me to come into the livingroom because i would not beleive what was happening. when i was finally awake enough to understand what had happened i felt sick to my stomach, and infuriated beyond belief. i come from a military family and as such i have always been more patriotic than the average person, and the thought that someone had the audacity to viciously attack the nation i love invoked an amount of anger i have never felt before. but as the day went on and i seen the people around the country coming together i realized one thing. as terible as the attack on 9/11/01 was, it did do one good thing, it brought this country closer together than it has been in a very long time. the most powerful image i can recall about 9/11/01 was when they draped a huge us flag down the face of the pentagon, the first thought that came to my mind when i seen this was the line from the national anthem "and our flag was still there."