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2002-10-18

I first heard about what happened on September 11, 2001. I remember coming back from band. When I got to homeroom the tv was on. All the kids told me what happened. At first, I thought all the kids weere just joking, but then after I watched the tv a little bit I finally understood what had happned.

I remember talking about it on the bus with my friends. We were all telking about it. "How many people were dying?" "Where had they hit?". We hadn't found out until the end of school day. Everything that was happening was all new to us. Once I got home I did my homework and watched the news for the rest of the day. It was weird because all the other channels had subsripts running about what was happening. I learned about how many people had died or were dying. I remember watching all sorts of peolpe helping other people who were hurt or looking for people who were buried under the debris.

I think my life has changed because of September 11, 2001. I still have a little bit of fear of flying. I have changed the way I think about Afghanistan and the people who come from there. I know it is wrong but I think at first I discriminated against Afghans and other people from the Middle East, but I have decided they are not all that bad. I also feel that I am very lucky that no one that I knew died in or because of September 11, 2001

I think that all the people in the World Trade Centers and the World Trade Centers themselves should be remembered. I think that all of the firefighters and policemen who died or who are still living that helped out during 9-11-01 should be rememberd.. Teh people aboard the airplane that crashed in Pennsylvania who over came the hijackers should be remembered. The people in the pentagon and any civilian who helped out at the scenes cleaning up debris and helping the injured should be rememered.