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Where Were You When the World Stopped Turning

September 11, 2001. The title to this entry is a song by Alan Jackson written after the events of 9/11. Where were you when you heard about the attack? Will you ever forget that day? I was actually still in bed when my daughter came to my room and told me that a plane had just crashed into the World Congress Center. What? Honey, that's physically not possible. Yes, Mom, it's true! So, I climb out of bed and go downstairs where the girls are watching TV. Sure enough, a plane had crashed into a building. Only, it's not the World Congress Center. It's the World Trade Center! Unbelievable! For the next few minutes as we watch and listen to the commentators on TV, not real sure themselves what is happening, all of a sudden another plane is spotted in the sky headed straight for the other World Trade Center tower. We watch, horrified, as this plane smashes into the tower and fire erupts, debris flying everywhere. This is bizarre to say the least. I was standing on my