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On Tuesday, September 11th, 2001 I was woke up by a phone call from my Grandma Cooper. She was in near hysterics as she asked if I were at home and OK. I told her yes I was both and asked what was wrong. She told me to turn on the television, so I did. What I saw there made my heart drop and my mind reel. I saw the replay of the hijacked commercial airliner fly full throttle into the side of the second tower of World Trade Center while the other was in flames from an earlier crash. They then said the Pentagon had just been attacked as well and shortly after that another hijacked plane had crashed into rural Pennsylvania. We said our goodbyes and love you's after I assured her I was fine. I actually far from fine, I was shaken and scared. I continued to watch the news, or probably more truthfull become engulfed and entranced by the news, and became increasingly terrified as I watched the first of the two towers crumble down into oblivion, then the second and then building 6. The only thing that I kept thinking was about all of those innocent civilians that were injured and killed in this senseless act of terrorism.

Questions poured through my mind. What does this prove? Is this all that lives are worth to some people? How did this happen? Who is the bastard behind this? Why didn't we know about this ahead of time? What type of people would do these horrible acts? What is next? Will one of my trips end with a lunatic crashing my plane into the side of a building?

Unfortunately few of these questions will ever be answered. We will most likely never know all the answers, but we do know that our country has been attacked, and our country has became victims to some mad man's doing, and we are all scared, violated, and grief stricken which has led us to become vengeful, united, and pissed. We are more united than I have ever seen in my lifetime. More United than Desert Storm, more united than after the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993. We know that when we find out what group, country, or rich madman is behind this they will pay and they will feel the power of millions upon millions of pissed off united proud Americans!!

Is anything, any belief or thought, worth the lives of all of the people that were killed in these horrible attacks? Normally my personal opinion on this is no, but obviously there are people out there who think differently and because of that I begin to think differently. These people were obviously living in our country for quite some time planning this attack on the country they hated, they despised. I am quite sure that they were living better, safer here than they could ever hope for in their home land. Is that why they hate us? Because we have figured out that different religions, beliefs, cultures can coexist without having a constant war on our hands? Because we stand up for ourselves and what we believe is right? If so then they can go to hell. Keep your fucking wars on your own damn land and kill yourselves off! We don't want that shit here in the greatest land in the world. You had your chances to make peace and have a great land too but you blew it to hell! You support a mad man with cash. You can fuck up your home as much as you want but as you will see when you mess with our lands we will mess with yours and you will pay and pay dearly. You will be going to hell anyway but we will help speed up the application process. Fuck you very much and have a nice death you bastards. We should make you go through the terror of all the innocent passengers on the planes and of all the people in the towers and Pentagon. You will pay and I will be happy to see it. You have done this to me and all of America and the world. It starts here and then who will be the next target? Let me tell you who will be next. The tables will be turned and you ARE the next target. Put your head between your legs and kiss your ass goodbye because you will be brought to justice by the great U.S.A. and then by God.

That morning I saw something that I and probably most people never thought they would ever see. An attack on American soil. Even now, nearly a week after the tragedy, it is hard to grip and believe what has happened. The images of the devastation and the thoughts of all of those people's lives coming to undeserved end will haunt my mind for the rest of my life. The sadness will never go away and neither will the anger that has come with it. How will I be able to go on my business trips without fearing everyone I step on to the plane with. How will my family and friends feel when they have to watch me go off on these trips, while they think of all of those people that were taken in the New York city crisis. Their deaths will not go unavenged, President Bush is a compassionate man that obviously feels the same way many of the American people feel. He will do what is right for this country's proud past, present, and future but we must support him and show him how great of a country we are.

GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!

I send my condolences to all of the friends and family of the victims of the heinous acts. May God be with all of you in your times of sorrow.