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>>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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