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Pizza and conversation wasn’t enough to keep Sarah Jones-Trifelly from making plans to return to Australia after the attacks.

Jones-Trifelly, a junior exchange student from the University of Queensland, booked a flight home, even after Stitsworth e-mailed her “mum” to say Sarah was in a safe place.

“The scariest thing was that if they could attack a place like the World Trade Center, anything was possible, especially since Purdue is such an international university,” Jones-Trifelly says. “I was pretty upset, and so was my mum.”

Stitsworth’s e-mail helped, but what finally convinced Jones-Trifelly’s mum that she was safe here was a photograph taken during a Sept. 12 memorial service on campus and posted on Purdue’s Web page.

The photograph showed hundreds of candles illuminating the Slayter Center hillside in a carpet of white light.

Elaine Jones-Trifelly spotted her little girl in the crowd. And both Sarah and mum knew Purdue was the right place for her to be.

Contact Stitsworth at: mhs@agad.purdue.edu

E-mails to Purdue Agriculture from around the world on 9/12/01 I do not find words in my own Spanish language to express my feelings after the horror lived on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. We have some friends that lost their lives in the Twin Towers. 300 Argentines worked there, so we paid, in some way, part of the toll. We cried and feel sad but wish to be close to all our American friends to express our solidarity. We praise the Lord for those who departed and join our Spanish accented voices to sing with all of you, louder than ever and from the bottom of our hearts: GOD BLESS AMERICA. Now and forever. Jorge H. Cazenave Cazenave & Associados, Buenoe Aires, Argentina I was shocked by the news of the attack of terrorists on the symbols of the American economic life and democracy. I am confident that with the typical American fighting spirit, you’ll find the strength to overcome these difficulties. You have our unconditional support. Robert Schoonheydt Dean of the Faculty K.U. Leuven, Belgium On the street in front of the U.S. Embassy in Poland there are many flowers and candles. People want to give blood for victims, masses in churches for their memory… One can surprise and kick the lion, but the kicked lion is still a lion. We believe the U.S. will know what to do. Czeslaw Nowak, Agricultural University of Krakow The BARD staff in the United States and Israel join me in expressing our heartfelt sympathies to all our friends at this difficult time. We share the disgust felt by all who cherish freedom and pray that the correct path will be found to put an end to such abuses of democratic principles. Edo Chalutz Executive Director BARD, The United States-Israel Bi-nation Agriculture Research and Development Fund, Israel

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