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7 years ago.. i still clearly remember the news coverage after the first plane, then the second.. then fighter jets right overhead partolling the airspace over and around NYC. Standing on the palisades and seeing first hand the smoke rising. My parents were suppossed to take german company to see the towers that morning, they had planned on leaving nj around 7:30.. would have been there by 8:30, but my aunt overslept and they decided to go another time.
That day changed many lives, including mine. Had it not been for the events of that day, i wouldnt never had finally joined the Army. Seeing that our country still does have a fair amount of national pride, gave me along with many others who have joined since 2001, during a time of war, a reason to fight. Many soldiers who enlisted prior to 2001 also give us newer guys a lot of credit. When they joined, it was peacetime and no real danger. Now is a whole different story. We know the danger, yet we accept it and move forward.
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