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2002-09-11

My best friend and I were always late to school and we normally had to rush to be on time to science. For some weird reason, we were on time that morning, and we were standing by my locker talking with a couple friends.Then, Daniel walked up to us and said that there was a hole in the Twin Towers, no one really understood what he mean't by that, so we ignored him and went off to class. When we walked into 1st period science, everyone was standing at the front of the room by the tv's, and when the bell rang, our teacher didn't tell everyone to return to their seats. We were some of the last people to walk into class, so we asked someone what was going on. They told us that the Twin Towers had been attacked, and hundreds of people had died, and more were trapped inside. When I heard that highjackers had taken over our own planes and crashed them into the towers, I was scared. Before that moment I had never really known about the problems concerning terrorists, or other things in the Middle East. It was like a wake-up call for me. After 2nd period, the teachers were told to turn the tv's off and try to run the rest of the day as any other Tuesday. It wasn't that easy though. People were worrying and crying over family and loved ones that were traveling that day, or that lived in New York. No one knew exactly how much damage had been done, or if the terrorists were going to come back. I remember all after school activities were canceled, which included a boys football game. Some of them were really bummed, and complained about not being able to play, and i couldn't understand how a sport was more important to them than their own country. People really came together and helped each other out during that time,and we remembered what America was all about. Sadly, that unity has died out, and people have started to forget that it happened. Hopefully, the September 11th anniversary will help remind us to keep the unity...and that we are the United States of America, and we will stick together and get through our hard times.