17. Life Before September 11
She, along with her father Gregory Lynch, met an army recruiter in 2000, a year before her graduation. The recruiter made it clear to the family that the possibility of war during Jessica’s training in the Army couldn’t be ruled out, and they needed to be aware of what they were agreeing to. “That would never happen to me,” Jessica reassured herself. This was before September 11th had happened to the world, and you could say she was blissfully unaware.