On September 11, 2001....

I had been married 1 month and 7 days…
At my job for 2 months and 17 days….
Was 22 years and 346 days young…
I didn’t know I was about to witness our country’s next Pearl Harbor.

I woke up to my alarm clock about 6am to a bunch of talking on the radio. I thought this was kind of odd since there was usually music or a commercial playing. I listened for a few minutes. They talked about a plane crash/explosion in New York and about President Bush in Florida. I remember thinking, “Why are they talking about that”? I got up and instead of getting in the shower right away; I went out to the living room to turn on the TV. There was news on pretty much every channel and they were talking about that same incident in New York. I was watching the coverage; they were showing the aftermath of the first plane’s crash when I saw on live TV the 2nd plane crash into the other tower. The announcers and everyone were quite shocked! We then learned of a plane crashing into the Pentagon and one into the ground in Pennsylvania shortly thereafter. I distinctly remember the announcers talking about the “accidents” at first until they realized that there were too many to be accidents. I remember watching both towers fall.

I proceeded to get ready for work, where we all tried to “work”. I think we were able to set up a TV and get some reception to keep up on the events besides just listening to the radio.

What were you doing when you learned of the attacks on our country?

It’s hard to believe that 10 years has passed since that awful day and that 9/11/01 is a day in past history. There are some for which it is a history lesson because they are too young to remember or weren't born yet. Our lives were so different on September 10, 2001 than they are today or any day since then.

But, I know that God is and will use Satan’s evil to His glory.

Here is a kid friendly portrayal of 9/11:

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