The image resolution (and the handwriting) is too much of a challenge for my tired eyes.
But a quick search turns up a hit on a site devoted to "where were you on September 11th, 2001":
#1027 | Thursday, March 14th 2002
Thursday, March 14, 2002
I received a phone call from my daughter at 3:45am Hawaii Time. She is a flight attendant with American Airlines. She was very upset and told me to quick turn on the television, that a plane had crashed into one of the World Trade Center Buildings. Needless to say, as the events started to unfold I was thrown into a state of shock!!. My daughter kept calling and we would talk and cry and try to comfort each other. I will never ever forget the pain and sadness we both felt as we watched first hand the tragic events of Sept. 11. I was thankful my daughter was home at the time and not flying somewhere in the US. I was thankful my son was safe outside of the US. I mourned the lost lives and the families who had to watch as their loved ones perished in such an insane attack.
Everyone’s lives have changed forever, and life will never be the same as before Sept. 11.
It has brought this nation closer and seemingly more patriotic. It has opened our eyes to how thankful we all should be to live in this “Land of the Free” We truly live in the most glorious nation on earth. Hopefully, we will never again witness such an attack on our great nation.
God Bless America and God Bless the people who have lost their lives in vain and those who have lost their lives fighting for our freedom, and all of the families!!
CYNTHIA PRATT HOLTZ/54/HAWAII
Having been born in 1948, the furniture Pratt's daughter would have been 54 in 2002.
Little did she realize the monstrosity that was to jump on the national stage in only two years, giving the keynote at the 'Rat Convention.
and her stepmother was only 5 years older...
SALISBURY - Norma Rene Thompson Pratt, 67, of Salisbury, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, Dec 25, 2010, surrounded by her family.Born Feb 27, 1943, in Rowan County, she was the daughter of Edith Booth Thompson and the late Rene Conan Thompson of Spencer. She graduated from North Rowan High School in 1961 and attended Wingate University. Norma moved to Hawaii in 1968 and worked for the VA at Hickam Air Force Base in Honolulu for several years. She married Bob Pratt and moved to Kailua-Kona on the big island of Hawaii. They owned and operated several furniture stores, where she also did interior design. Norma was also a Realtor for Century21 in Hawaii. She was one of the founding and devoted members of Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity in Kailua-Kona. She was preceded in death by her father, Rene Thompson, and former husband Robert Pratt. Survivors include her mother, Edith Thompson of Spencer; stepdaughter Cindy Holtz and stepson Bobby; four grandchildren of Kona, Hawaii; sister Debbie Barnhardt Basinger of Salisbury; brothers Conan Thompson and wife Georgette of Salisbury; and Ronald Thompson and wife Dee Ann of Faith. Service and Visitation: The funeral service will be held Wednesday Dec. 29 at 11 a.m. at Rowan Memorial Park Mausoleum in Salisbury with the Rev. Dr. Rick Cockerham presiding. Following the service, the family will receive friends and family at the home of her mother, 711 Fifth St., Spencer. Memorials: Can be made to the Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity, 77-165 Lako St., Kailua Kona, HI 96740-2266.
-— Salisbury Post, Dec 29, 2010