story1894.xml
Title
story1894.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-09-08
911DA Story: Story
On the morning of September 11, I woke up and got ready like any other day, not knowing that the events that would occur only a few precious hours later would change my life forever. I was a member of a generation that had never experieced war. Never fearing of an attack or the lose of a loved one. I was one that thought nothing was ever going to happen to our country. What was in store for me that September morning would crash all that I believed in.
I was sitting in my second hour class, Civics, listening to our teacher lecture us on govenrnment jobs. One of the ironic topics during that morning's discussion was one on how the government job was to protect us. During the hour I left to retrieve a worksheet that I had forgotten in my locker. On my way back to class, I walked past a office with all of its members eyes transfixed on a television screen. I had the oddest feeling watching them stare up at the television. My heart just sank with nothing there to catch it. Then I remember thinking to myself, I hope this is nothing like Pearl Harbor. I have never been the pychic type, but at that moment I somehow knew that something bad had happened before I was offically informed of it. The thoughts quickly left my mind as I continued my walk back to class. When arriving to my class the teacher had turned on the television set. Every single eye was glued on the screen watching the unbelivalbe footage scroll bye. Not a word escaped the mouth of any member of my class. It was one of those things that happens that takes your body a while to digest the information.
At first I was in denial, how could this happen to us, America. We were unbreakable until the enemy found a small rip in our safety net. I no longer had that feeling of security, it was torn away when planes hit their targets. Our econonmy changed. Many lost loved ones, jobs, money and so much more. I believe the American people have grown closer together after this tragidy, but yet many have grown further apart. I believe that everything happens for a reason. All you have to do is put your trust in God's hands and he will protect you.
I was sitting in my second hour class, Civics, listening to our teacher lecture us on govenrnment jobs. One of the ironic topics during that morning's discussion was one on how the government job was to protect us. During the hour I left to retrieve a worksheet that I had forgotten in my locker. On my way back to class, I walked past a office with all of its members eyes transfixed on a television screen. I had the oddest feeling watching them stare up at the television. My heart just sank with nothing there to catch it. Then I remember thinking to myself, I hope this is nothing like Pearl Harbor. I have never been the pychic type, but at that moment I somehow knew that something bad had happened before I was offically informed of it. The thoughts quickly left my mind as I continued my walk back to class. When arriving to my class the teacher had turned on the television set. Every single eye was glued on the screen watching the unbelivalbe footage scroll bye. Not a word escaped the mouth of any member of my class. It was one of those things that happens that takes your body a while to digest the information.
At first I was in denial, how could this happen to us, America. We were unbreakable until the enemy found a small rip in our safety net. I no longer had that feeling of security, it was torn away when planes hit their targets. Our econonmy changed. Many lost loved ones, jobs, money and so much more. I believe the American people have grown closer together after this tragidy, but yet many have grown further apart. I believe that everything happens for a reason. All you have to do is put your trust in God's hands and he will protect you.
Collection
Citation
“story1894.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed January 10, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/10888.