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2002-10-09

On the morning of September 11, 2001 i woke up at my usually, about 7:30 central time. I dressed for school and as i drove to school at 7:45 i had no idea of what was taking place in new york at that time. I got to school approxmiately 8 o'clock, and begin working on school assignments in the student union. I finished my work about 9:30, and as i was getting ready to go get something to eat, i walked out into an area where there was a great number of students gathered around a television set. A fellow student asked me if i had heard about this, i said heard about what? he said someone hit the world trade center with a plane, my first thought was that it was a terrible accident or some small private plan that got of course. i walked over and looked at the television screen. This was just after the second tower collapsed, and all i saw was a huge cloud of smoke and debris covering what look like most of lower manhattan. It look like the end of the world or something. I then knew that this was no small plane, and no accident. By this time the whole campus knew about what had happened, and everyone was talking about it. I continued to watch the television until i had to go to class. I went to class, and then went home, and stayed clued to the television for the rest of the day. It's been over a year since, and i don't there are any words to describe that day in my opinion, i'm at a loss for words when i think about, it was to enormous, the pictures, didn't do it justice. i can't even imagine the horror that those people had to deal with. I wasn't even in New York or Washington, and that day has totally changed me. I think about it everyday, and just can't even comprehend it. I do know that it is not something we can ever afford to forget especially for the victim's sake. I do know that no one should will for the 11th. So let us always remember 9-11-01!