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Old 09-11-2013, 11:09 AM
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Jan in VA
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Nancy, I also heard Alan Jackson's song this morning as I drove to lunch. It sent me right back to that week in Williamsburg VA on the most military peninsula anywhere around- all services represented there except Marines.

Jets scrambled, many posts closed to the public, Commanders were unreachable, an aura of solemnity prevailed for a long time. On the 11th, not one of the residents of that part of Virginia felt safe; we all wondered if maybe the next attack would be on the peninsula, near our own homes. I cried and prayed for days. Finally had to force myself to stop watching the news because I couldn't eat, sleep or function.

Horrible, horrific day.

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