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September 11 , 2001 . I was actually

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going through a basic combat training

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over Fort Jackson South Carolina . I

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remember a specific , because I was an

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actual detail at the time . And when we

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first heard the first hit of the

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airplane going through the tower . Um ,

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it was a lot of commotion at that time .

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Um , When the 2nd 1 hit it would solve ,

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they got a little bit out of control to

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the point to the point where Gerald

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starts , had to actually call up a

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formation and and give us some

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guidelines and calm us down . Um

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10 years later , this is my third

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combat tour , my second one being in

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Afghanistan where I'm curling at right

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now . Uh It was a hard date

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for all of us . And as you can see 10

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years later , it was still still kind

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of hard , especially for our families .

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9 11 , I was in the 5th grade in Math

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class . Uh This just gives perspective

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to how long we've actually been

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fighting this war uh joined the army

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two years ago , right out of high

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school . Uh I decided to join in the

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military intelligence on the hopes that

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someday I might be able to prevent

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future attacks against our nation . Mhm

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September 11 , 2001 . I was a sophomore

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in high school in class that day . Now

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here in my job in the army and Regional

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Command North is Air defense airspace

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management . I manage airspace here in

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the Regional Command North and

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deconflict airspace on september 11th ,

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I was working for a call center , I was

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the telephony administrator and I heard

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on the radio coming into work that uh

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you know , something had hit the tower

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of the twin towers and it was all kind

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of confusing . We brought a tv into the

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call center , we're all watching on tv ,

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watching the news and everything . Uh ,

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I didn't immediately join the army

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after that . It was a couple of years

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afterwards that I joined here in

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Afghanistan . I served as a medic with

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the charlie company , the brigade

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support battalion currently in the eVAc

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section where we transport patients who

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are injured out to be medevacked

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On September 11 I was working at a

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department store Mopping floors . We

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saw the first tower go down when we

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replay pop the TVs on , we saw the

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second tower get hit . I'm now

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stationed here at camp span . I'm proud

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to be here and probably serving my

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country . 9 11 , I was

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15 a sophomore in high school and now

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here in Afghanistan served my country