Eleven years ago, I was sitting in my car and stuck in morning traffic. I vividly remember listening to the radio and hearing that a plane had ‘accidentally’ flown into one of the World Trade Center Towers. A few moments later, I walked into the local bowling alley and found everyone hovering around the televisions. No one was moving and their faces were contorted with looks of disbelief and horror. I had assumed a small prop plane had made the mistake of getting too close to the buildings, but I could see from the damage that it was much more serious. As we began debating how a commercial jet could possibly hit one of the towers, another sliced through the other tower. I instantly dropped to my knees and began to sob; it was as if I could hear those innocent souls screaming out for help, but I could do nothing.
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Last weekend, on the tenth anniversary of 9/11, many Americans sat glued to televisions and computers, reliving that horrible day when all of our lives changed on September 11, 2001. Fires smoldered and rescue efforts soon turned to recovery missions. Nearly 3,000 people lost their lives that day, but stories of heroism by everyday people on that fateful day have inspired our country to move forward and persevere.
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