GATHER Veterans Magazine May/June 2020

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From Camo to High Heels By Natividad Kolb

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t all started in New York City on 9/11, while on the ferry on my way to State Island for my college classes, I realized that the World Trade Center towers

were on fire. I grabbed one of the telescopes that were on the ferry, and I looked through it, I couldn’t believe my eyes. As it was all unfolding, I remember telling this gentleman to

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look out towards the towers because he didn’t comprehend what I was saying. His face became pale, and he collapsed. We couldn’t believe our eyes. We were shocked and didn’t


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