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2002-03-07

That tuesday morning I was in nutrition class here in Ryerson University in Toronto Canada and one of my classmates came into class and was just talking about how a plane crashed into the World Trade Center, I had just thought that it was a serious accident where a small aircraft hit the tower, but then another teacher came into class later on and said that the US "is under attack and the World Trade Center & Pentagon were hit". The whole school was shut down and I guess everyone was let out early from work and everyone packed in the subways. Police were present everywhere, in the subways and on the streets since my school was near the business district and near the CN Tower.
I called my Gilfriend right away because she lives there in Fairfax and actually goes to school in GMU. With the cellphone i was using, all the lines were taken up and I wasnt able to get in contact with her for another hour.
Even the people in subways were talking about what had happened and me in my own mind didnt have a clue what was going on. On the drive home, there were less cars on the road as usual and all the radio stations were talking about it..every single station. I got home and I saw the images on the TV and at that moment i knew that everything had changed. I will never forget that day.