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2004-12-13

September 11, 2001 is one of those days that everyone will look back on and always remember. Till this day, three years later I can still remember where I was and how I felt at that moment that I heard the nation was under attack. It was a typical school day, my alarm went off at six and I forcefully got myself out of bed. Finally, I was ready to face yet another day of my senior year at Falls Church High School. The morning had passed like any other; there was the normal scurrying out of the house and through the busy hallways to make it to my Calculus class just in time to not be tardy. Calculus was one of the classes I dreaded most but the best part of it all was that I had the class with my best friend, Gloria.
The bell rung and Gloria and I sat at our usual spot in the back of the room. Like, every other day we took our morning quiz, reviewed the homework from the night before, and went over the new material for our next assignment. Everything was going normally until all of a sudden near the end of class one of the administrators came over the intercom and announced that everyone should remain in their classrooms and not leaves the classrooms until further instructions. Announcements over the intercom always meant something was wrong, and everyone expected the worst. A few minutes had passed and the principal came over the intercom announcing that the Pentagon and the Twin Towers had been hit and that everyone should remain in their classes. The intercom went off and Mrs. Allard turned on the television and every channel was covering the tragedy, showing images of the towers and the Pentagon. A silence fell over the room everyone look worried and shocked. Our nation, one of the strongest nations in the world was under attack.
Thousands of emotions ran through my mind and it all seemed so overwhelming. How could just such a normal day turn out to be such an important day in history? Who was capable of doing such a thing? Why would anyone attack innocent human beings and cause so much fear for a nation? The days following the attack were when reality finally began to hit, terrorists had in fact terrorized innocent people. However, this tragic day had changed America in a positive way as it had negatively. Something this tragic had to occur for a nation to become united and work together. Out of September 11, 2001 came the phrase, ?United We Stand.? September 11, 2001 was a tragic day that many lives were lost but it was also a time when people finally noticed just how important unity and compassion for one another is.