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Date Posted: 17:07:58 09/12/02 Thu
Author: Brooke
Subject: What Did You Do Yesterday?

So what did everyone do yesterday on the day of the 1 year anniversary of the attacks? I had a job interview and while I was getting ready I watched some of the ceremony at the WTC and the reading of the people who had lost their lives. On my way to my interview, all of the radio stations were either talking about it, people were calling in telling where they were last year, or they were playing songs that contained news clippings from last year. I heard all 3 Hero songs (Mariah Carey, Enrique Iglesias, and Chad Kroger), Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the USA", Mariah Carey/Boyz II Men, "One Sweet Day" (that song always makes me cry b/c it was played at my friends' funerals several years ago), and many other songs. It was hard to keep from crying on my way to the interview. I didn't want to look terrible. But on my way home, I just let it all go. I cried all the way home and when I got here, I watched the news coverage at the Pentagon and then at the PA site. Then my sister and I went to Atlanta to see the Braves play the Mets (my mom had been given FREE tix from her boss at work; she won a coin toss). :) The pre-game ceremonies were so emotional, but great. As we walked through the gate, they handed us FREE t-shirts that say, "We Shall Not Forget September 11, 2001" and also a sign that on one side had the American Flag and on the other it said, "Atlanta NY". A group of guys sang the National Anthem and God Bless America, and a group of Fulton County Firefighters played a song on the bagpipes as a Bald Eagle soared through the stadium. That was breathtaking. The game was very patriotic. They played songs between innings such as "Born in the USA" and "God Bless the USA." Then at 9:11 we had a moment of silence and immediately after that they showed a video from Major League Baseball with news coverage and then the President of the league saying they didn't know if they should play, but decided to play baseball the next week. And showed clips of Baseball Players making plays and things like that. It was very moving. And of course I prayed when I went to bed. Just sat and thought a little, then prayed to God to give us all strength. Yesterday was very emotional and my heart is just so heavy for those who lost loved ones in this horrible horrible tragedy. I pray for them and they inspire me because I've seen so many of them giving interviews with the media and they show so much strength. God Bless them all. And to me, not only were their loved ones heroes, they, themselves are heroes.

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