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2004-09-10

I was in English, Mrs. Vance's class, at WAshington IRving Middle School. School just started so we were doing intros and such. I just moved here from KOrea so I got scared because I was just on a plane. The news came over the announcements but I didn't know what the World Trade Centers were. When I heard about the Pentagon I was very scared because my dad works there. However, he was in a bomb shelter in the White House because he was having a meeting there at the time. When I found out the twin towers were in NYC I got scared again because my cousins live there. I didn't talk to my parents until I got home and we all sat in the living room and watched TV. I remember at the middle school everybody was really scared and running around. That next class I had to take a bus uo to WEst SPringfield High School to take Spanish 4 but I didn't because they wanted me to stay at the middle school. I sat in the office and watched a flood of parents come in and demand that their children be let out. Many students left the school with their familes. A lot of students I saw walking through the halls were crying. A TV in every room except classrooms where there was a class was on and teachers were watching it intently. It was scary and I really didn't know what was going on. This event reminded me of PEarl Harbor.That next year I had to get on a plane to go to Texas and I got scared thinking another terrorist would just take over the plane and make us crash somewhere. I believe that although this event was a horrible atrocity, it made America stronger and more united. I hope that something like this will never happen again. This event also made me aware and the hatred for Americans from certain groups of people in the Middle EAst.