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LESA LIGHT: Remembering the kindness of strangers following Sept. 11

My most vivid memory of Sept. 11, 2001, is four days later when my cra-cra mother decided that she would go to Edmonton to visit my sister after all.

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She had a bought-and-paid-for ticket that she was not about to give up for any terrorist, thank you very much. Never mind that she had macular degeneration and couldn’t see very well. Also, she was a diabetic on insulin. Nothing like making life complicated.

So I picked her up at 5 a.m. I am not a morning person, especially at that hour. “Mom, why are you doing this?” I asked with a yawn. “You can go another time.” She assured me that it would be fine.

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