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...people attended her husband's memorial last week, spilling out onto the streets. The house is draped in a full-size flag, with bouquets at the window. Her daughter in sixth grade has not yet returned to school, but her classmates struggle to process all the bad news. "Mom," asked a classmate as they walked by the house, "do you think they'll make her do all the homework she missed? It would be awful of them if they did that...
...courts rather than war." A native of St. Louis, Mo., and a Wesleyan graduate, Herdlick has protested before. "Last year we had a week against the Taliban and in support of Afghan women," she says. Her parents are Republicans, and they have agreed to differ with their daughter. "My mom said she can understand why people want to blow up a lot of people," Herdlick says, "but I think the best way to honor the lives that have been lost is to prevent the same happening to other people...
...afternoon of Sept. 11, several hours after learning of the morning’s horrific events, I decided to voyage to the post office for stamps and to Staples for desk supplies. I had not been able to contact my mom, who lives in New York City, but I assumed she would be fine, as we live nearly five miles from the World Trade Towers. The probability of her being in the area at the time of the attack was remote, and I needed stamps...
...into a friend who inquired about the summer and then mentioned that New York City had apparently come under terrorist attack and one of the towers was on the brink of collapse. I hurried to a television and watched the news for an hour. I tried reaching my mom, but the phone lines weren’t operational...
...doesn’t sleep with her favorite one here because her mom won’t let her bring it...she does have a small wind-up penguin, baby rumpert, which she may occasionally sleep with...this makes me jealous...