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I was working when my co-worker came in and told me to log on to the internet. "This is bigger than the Hindenberg!" he said. This was after the first plane hit, but before the second. I looked at the still photo on CNN's website, but my mind was on something else at the time. I thought it may have been deliberate, but was reserving judgement. Then someone in my office, I don't know who, mentioned a second plane had hit---then I knew. I couldn't log on to any of the news sites, they were all bogged down, so I kept refreshing Free Republic's threads for the running commentary. Then my co-worker told me about the Pentagon getting hit, and I thought it was a wild rumor; I didn't believe it--then when I found out it had, in fact, been hit, that's when I started to feel sick on my stomach. One of my co-workers had the TV in her office and we were all watching after the first collapse, but I had just walked down the hall when I heard a collective gasp and moan coming from the office where the TV was. I ran back and discovered that the second tower had collapsed. I went to lunch, and saw an SUV with one of those little American flags sticking out the driver's side window, and I knew this country would react properly.

I called my husband at work after lunch, and he was so upset that he left work early. When I got home, he'd already hung out our flag. We were, of course, glued to the TV, and listening to the Congressmen singing "God Bless America" on the Capitol steps, and Bush's speech that night about getting the terrorists "and those who harbor them", really let me know that this country and this President would react to these attacks the way we should, once and for all.

On Election Night 2000, I didn't get one wink of sleep. Strangely enough, on September 11, we had no trouble falling asleep that night.

On Election Night 2000, I didn't get one wink of sleep. Strangely enough, on September 11, we had no trouble falling asleep that night.

You know, I never thought about that until I read your post, but you are absolutely right.

May God bless America, and bring death to her enemies.