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I created the humble drawing above as a tribute to the victims and to the survivors of the September 11 tragedies. There are four stars - one for each plane, a pentagon inside each star and, of course, the twin towers. The flag is meant to be at half-mast but I drew it on the evening of September 11 and was having trouble concentrating. I really wanted to post something to show my support. Who am I? Just your average American - if there is such a thing. I work. I go to college. I tinker with websites for fun. And I love my country. I remember that day so clearly, as I'm sure we all do. I was at work. I'm a secretary, and my boss was to leave that afternoon to fly to Washington, DC. I was preparing some of the material for his trip when his wife - who is also my boss - called to say that she was watching the news and there had been an accident: a plane had hit one of the twin towers. I turned on the radio and carried on with my work. As I listened, I heard Peter Jennings describe the scene. There in our quiet office it was so surreal. When I heard that a plane had gone down near Pittsburgh, I quickly sent an email to my friend who lives there to be sure she was okay. She replied equally fast - to my relief - and asked if I was okay. They sent us home early from work. Weather-wise the day was nice: sunny and blue skied. As I passed one of the local car dealers, their huge flag had been lowered to half mast. I said a prayer (the first of many) for those in utter chaos hundreds of miles away. |