 I was watching the TV when the second plane hit, with our five-year-old daughter watching. We've watched the plane in impact. Then it obviously went clear that we were attacked. For my daughter, I actually remember when the plane hit, she went, wow, that's a big flame. And then when I realized it was the second aircraft, I began realizing that this was a deliberate attack. I said, okay, Mackenzie, leave the room. It was kind of scary. We didn't know how to react. We thought it was kind of like watching an action movie. It couldn't have happened. Another fake thing going on in New York. We didn't know how to take it at first. And then as the day went on, we realized it was real. It flew through the night, dropped bombs at like 4 a.m. and came back for the 0700 recovery. We were trapping, taxiing around to the Six Pack in front of the island, looking up on the bridge of the ship. And the flag that had been there at the World Trade Center, the famous picture of the fireman, I think, was flown out to the theater Roosevelt. It was hanging right there off the island's ship. I remember looking up and starting to get choked up, thinking, wow, the first mission is complete. Just dropped 4,000-pound weapons, supported the guys on the ground. And then coming back and that flag started in the face, kind of brought part of our home that this is why we're here. It affected me at the age of 13 with protecting my country. I've always been very proud to be an American, and I was wanting at that point to make the decision to join the military. There's pride not only on the anniversary, but throughout the year, but it's also a sadness. I feel that a lot of people have been affected even to this day because of 9-11. Never once did we ever forget, particularly in the squadrons, how important every job is. So without that young airman getting the aircraft ready or the young gunners mate down in the magazine building the weapons, without, you know, the folks working in FSA and cranking and getting us food, everyone came together to do that. So without people doing jobs, you know, the little jobs, too, we couldn't do what we do. They forget how much we came together and how much that we are still a proud country that we can overcome this as we have in the past.