Continued from 9/11: The Day I Became a Mother: Page 2.

Millions of people around the world have seen this footage and wondered what happened to that cameraman. Did he make it out alive? Did that footage cost him his life?  That cameraman is my husband, my Dave. To those who wondered what happened to that cameraman, not only did he make it out alive--but he also made it out a father.

Every single one of us has a story about that day; how we survived, mourned, came together and came away different. But as different as our stories are, it made so many of us realize the same thing: Giving birth doesn't make a woman a mother. Having a child doesn't make a person a parent. It's that one defining moment in our lives--whether it's facing a health crisis, a catastrophic event like 9/11 or even a menacing bully on a playground that makes us understand what it means to be a mother or a father. It's when you realize that nothing matters more than the safety and happiness of your child.

9/11 changed all of us. How could it not? But it's also the day countless women everywhere finally realized what it truly means to be a mother. And I'm just one of them.

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Yvette's Family Gallery	Remembering 9/11