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story9542.xml

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2003-09-10

The place I was during 9/11 was the same place as every other kid. I was in school. But I was in the class that first heard what had happened. I was in my Ancient History class when my teacher was about to turn the television to channel 3 so we could watch a movie on the Egyptians. But when he turned on the television it was on channel 42, CNN. And what our class saw was the most disturbing thing we had ever seen. They were showing in slow motion the first plane hitting the World Trade Center. I was asking myself, ?is this real?? Then they showed the building after the first one hit. And after a while, there was one thing we all saw. We all saw the second plane hit the World Trade Center. My class all watched one of the towers crumble to the ground. I was so shocked and scared. After all this we heard about the plane crashing at the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania. The whole school was scared that maybe a plane was going to crash and hit the school. My mother was so scared also because when she heard World Trade Center she thought it was the one in Boston. She was scared because my stepfather was right near the Trade Center in Boston doing the electrical things he does. When everyone in my home got home everyone could breathe. I would have to say seeing what I saw on that day was the scarcest moment in my whole life.