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up to the challenge of the terrorist attack and began to help one another. The brought food, medical care and regular people with shovels showed up to help. Families searched for loved ones and helped others find information. In the midst of disaster our country rose to new heights of love and compassion. I felt so proud to be an American and prayed for those that were lost in the air and at the trade center, Pentagon, and in a field in Pennsylvania. I made donations and I prayed which was all I had to offer and my company began a campaign to raise money for the victims. I was selfishly thrilled to find out that all our employees were fine because when they evacuated the building our company made a decision to not let people reenter and sent them home. I know the vacation taught me so much about survival, and how to revaluate what is significant in your life. I held on to my family much tighter for a long time to come and continue to remind everyone if you survive horrors please tell others what you have learned. I hope that it will not take 3 disasters and a vacation for others to learn these lessons. Live life to its fullest, be involved, care for your fellow man because we always survive best when we stand together and work to make our country a better place. Disasters may come and go but it is in the rising up that we survive because we have not been defeated.