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2002-09-11

I was a senior in my 4 period economics class, when I heard the news. A friend of mine walked in and said that a plane had hit the world trade center, my teacher who was the former assistant football coach, didn't believe him and decided to make a bet. He said that he would turn on the television, and if the student was wrong he owed the teacher ten push ups, and if the student was right he would do ten pushups. Unfortunately the student was wrong. Then we spent the period watching the news, and we witnessed, the second tower, the pentagon, and the pennsylvania tragesy's. The rest of the day was surreal, things seemed less important, and they still do today. September 11th taught me to have fun in life and to live in the moment.