If I was younger I'd be heading down to the nearest recruiting office but...I don't think they'd take me So...my wife and I are going down to the Red Cross and give blood.

Our lives will never be the same again. There will ALWAYS be that "tenseness" around us...a nervous awareness....that was never with American citizens in any of our other wars or "skirmiches" because all the action was "over there"...not on OUR soil. Today it landed on OUR soil.

This is WAR! My little brother who's been "retired" from the service for 12 years was CALLED UP this morn. He's a specialist. They called him up for Desert Storm also.

He lives in a tiny town in Idaho. The "voice" on the phone told him he is "Now on "active duty and to await further ORDERS!""

He's expecting a helicopter to come pick him up any minute.

So...if they are reaching back for the "old farts" our military is VERY SERIOUS!

A bit of "good news"...my 18 yr old nephew has a job on the 87 floor of Tower #1. When I saw that building go down, my wife and I wept like babies.

Then...a few minutes later the phone rang. It was his mother who told us Erik did NOT go to work today because of his alleries. Thank God for allergies.

Take care folks....pray and give some blood today!

Don Alm

> Please say a prayer for those who have been
> killed or injured in the attacks on the WTC
> and other attacks and for their families....

> I'm stunned, and there's not much more I can
> say beyond that....