story2076.xml
Title
story2076.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-09-10
911DA Story: Story
I remember one of the kids came into my social studies classroom and said "The empire state building was hit by a plane. Maybe it's on TV, can we turn it on and watch? Thinking it was nothing, I said no and proceeded another few minutes with class as usual.
Suddenly, either more kids or a teachers came by and said the WTC had been hit. At this time, I turned on the TV and the firey images of the second plane hitting the second tower burned onto our eyes. This was second hour. For the rest of the hour and really, for the rest of the day, we watched the TV in horror as we were updated with news of the Pentagon being hit and Flight 93 crashing in Pennsylvania. As much as I could, I tried to turn the TV off from time to time so that the kids wouldn't have to see the same horrible things over and over. Lesson plans were instantly scraped and I began reviewing the world political situation--what makes us different from other political regiems and why our freedom and success threaten despots around the world.
Suddenly, either more kids or a teachers came by and said the WTC had been hit. At this time, I turned on the TV and the firey images of the second plane hitting the second tower burned onto our eyes. This was second hour. For the rest of the hour and really, for the rest of the day, we watched the TV in horror as we were updated with news of the Pentagon being hit and Flight 93 crashing in Pennsylvania. As much as I could, I tried to turn the TV off from time to time so that the kids wouldn't have to see the same horrible things over and over. Lesson plans were instantly scraped and I began reviewing the world political situation--what makes us different from other political regiems and why our freedom and success threaten despots around the world.
Collection
Citation
“story2076.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed December 26, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/12465.