Flying on 9/11
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on September 12th, 2011 4:35 am by HL
Veronica Lopez thought about changing her ticket, but she decided that she needed to fly on Sept. 11, 2011.
“We cannot live in fear,” said Lopez, who was born in Cuba, became an American citizen in the early 1970s and travels frequently for work. “We must continue with our lives.”
So on Sunday she boarded a plane from Reagan National Airport.
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