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A VERY EMOTIONAL WEEK

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CINDY

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Date Posted: 16:20:56 09/16/01 Sun

IT HAS BEEN COMFORTING TO SEE ALL THE REMARKS HERE ON THE FORUM. I, LIKE MANY, HAVE BEEN GLUED TO THE T.V. PRAYING THAT THEY FIND MORE PEOPLE ALIVE UNDER ALL THE WRECKAGE. I JUST HAD TO STOP WATCHING, AT LEAST FOR A WHILE. I HAVE RAN THE GAMIT OF EMOTIONS, FROM DISBELIEF, TO SHOCK, TO ANGER. HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN HERE. I AGREE WITH ERIC THAT SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. I BELEIVE THAT BUSH WILL GET THOSE REPONSIBLE AND GET THEM GOOD. I HAVE CRIED EVERYDAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR THEIR LOVED ONES. IT'S THE NOT KNOWING THAT HAS TO BE THE WORSE. IF THEY'RE ALIVE THEY CAN BE THANKFUL. IF THEY'RE DEAD, THEY CAN HAVE A FUNERAL AND CLOSURE. I CAN'T IMAGINE SEEING WHAT WE'VE SEEN, KNOWING THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE BUILDING AND NOT HEARING FROM THEM OR KNOWING WHERE THEY ARE. OR EVEN WORSE, BEING ON THE HIJACKED PLANE KNOWING YOU'RE TALKING TO YOUR FAMILY MEMBER FOR THE LAST TIME BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY ARE ABOUT TO DIE. IT WAS HEART WRENCHING. THEN I WONDERED WHAT I COULD DO. I TOO HAVE CHILDREN AND TRYING TO EXPLAIN THIS AND TRYING TO KEEP THEIR LIVES AS NORMAL AS POSSIBLE HAS BEEN HARD WHEN I STILL DON'T QUITE KNOW HOW TO DO THIS MYSELF. MY SISTERS AND I HAD BEEN WONDERING WHAT WE COULD DO. WE ALL LIVE NEXT TO FORT LEWIS ARMY BASE, CAMP MURRAY RESERVE BASE, AND MCCHORD AIR FORCE BASE. MY YOUNGEST SISTER CAME UP WITH THE IDEA TO STAGE A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL ON THE OVERPASS BETWEEN THE THREE BASES THAT WOULD TELL THEM AND THE LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT AND POLICE STATIONS THAT WE ARE THINKING OF THEM AND PRAYING FOR THEM. WE GOT OUT THERE AROUND 7 P.M. WITH FLAGS AND CANDLES AND RED WHITE AND BLUE ANYTHING WE HAD AND STAGED AN ACT OF PATRIOTISM THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN SINCE DESERT STORM. SOME OF OUR ARMED FORCES JOINED US. THE RESPONSE FROM THE DRIVERS ON I-5 AND THE TOWNS PEOPLE WERE INCREDIBLE. RESCUE VEHICLES SOUNDED THEIR SIRENS AND FLASHED THEIR LIGHTS AND 18 WHEELERS BLEW THEIR HORNS AND CARS AND MOTORCYCLES DID THE SAME. THERE WAS ONE VET ON A MOTORCYCLE THAT HAD TO PULL OVER BECAUSE HE WAS IN TEARS. WE WERE ONLY GOING TO STAY OUT FOR AN HOUR OR SO BUT THE RESPONSE WAS SO INCREDIBLE THAT WE STAYED OUT FOR 3 HOURS. I WAVED BY HUGE FLAG FOR THE ENTIRE THREE HOURS AND IT WAS THE GREATEST FEELING IN THE WORLD TO SEE THE TOGETHERNESS AND THE FEELING THAT WHAT WE WERE DOING MAY HELP OTHERS FEEL BETTER. I KNOW I FEEL A LITTLE BETTER NOW. WE PLAN TO DO IT AGAIN TONIGHT. SORRY FOR THE NOVEL BUT I REALLY HAVEN'T TALKED TO ANYONE IN A WEEK AND THIS HAS BECOME A SAFE PLACE FOR ME. WHAT CAME TO MIND WAS THE MOTTO OF THE US ARMY - AN ARMY OF ONE. THE PEOPLE WHO DID THIS WILL SOON FIND OUT WE ARE ALL AN ARMY OF ONE. ONE WORLD, ONE PEOPLE. WE ARE GOING TO STAND UP AND BE STRONG. SO DO WHAT YOU CAN. WE WILL OVERCOME. CINDY

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Subject	Author	Date
God bless you Cindy!	Eric	18:29:21 09/16/01 Sun