On the morning of September 11 I was on the 63rd floor of tower two of The World Trade Center. I'll never forget the incredible view from my window overlooking New York Harbor and The Statue of Liberty. I had my nose pressed up against the window and was totally enraptured by the sheer majesty and breathtaking magnificence of the panorama all around me. I remember thinking what a phenomenal day it was outside and how crystalline and pure everything appeared to be. How the world was so beautifully calm, peaceful and so serene from my vantage point. If only that were so. The time was 8:46 AM. In the next 90 minutes my world and everything in it would change forever. I am a survivor. The series of events that unfolded that day and how they affected my life is a tale in and of itself. What makes my story all the more incredible is that almost 4 months to the day of that horrific occurrence my son, Corporal Randy Tulepan, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines, Charlie Company, Third Platoon would be one of the very first Marines deployed to what is now known as Camp X-Ray at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and be called upon to guard the very men that took an oath to kill his father and as many other Americans as they possibly could. The juxtaposition and magnitude of these two incredibly historic events is almost inconceivable. So much so that during the week of January 21st I was interviewed Live on the air by MSNBC on three separate occasions. These interviews were taped and are available for your review. John Walker Lindh the so-called American Taliban and my son, United States Marine Corporal Randy Tulepan are the same age, come from similar backgrounds and were raised amidst the same set of external circumstances. What led these two to travel such incredibly different and diverse paths?