[Lillie]

I had just arrived at work and my ex called me..I thought it was all bs..Im a new yorker born and raised..and all I kept saying was..do you know how tall those towers are ? a plane can not miss that!..I thought it was a mistake..until my boss who knew my sister worked in the south tower on the 83rd floor, stood in my door with a look of horror on her face..I hung up the phone and she offered to drive me home..I tried frantically to call my sister..but all it told me was..'all lines are busy"...as soon as I got home..I turned on the tv..and saw the 2nd plane hit..I then knew it wasnt a mistake..my dad called me and asked if I heard from jackie (my sister) of course I didn't...my kids had not left for school yet..and I stared at my son..I knew when he was 18 he would be fighting in a war because of this event..I was numb...it took 2 days to get the news that my sister who took the express bus from Staten Island to NY never made it to work that day because her bus got a flat tire....

it changed so many lives that day..my son has done 2 tours in Iraq..and he is not the same man...his life was changed forever that day.....