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2002-09-11

I was in school, and it was 1st period. The incident had already happened, but I didn't know all of the details because I left for school before the Towers were struck. There were so many different stories floating around the school, and throughout the 2,400 students that I wasn't sure which ones to believe. I was immediatly concerned that it was Continental Airlines. This worried me because a close family friends is a piolet for them. I didn't have a cell phone at the time, but wanted to call him or my mom to find out if he was okay, and if it was that airline at all. Luckly, one of my fellow classmates had a cell phone that could connect to the internet. She did so and found out a few more facts. It was concluded that it wasn't Continental Airlines at all. It took everyone quite a long time to realize that not all the information that we were being told was going to be true, or accurate. The principle came over the intercom and announced that the teachers were not to allow the televisions to be turned on to view the news. We, the students, got around that rule by listening to the raido or calling our parents during the class change times. When I got home from school all I did was sit infront of the TV and try to figure out what exactally had happened. It was really hard for me, im sure as well as others too, to grasp the concept that there no longer stood the Twin Towers and that the Pentagon was also struck. In addition, there was a 4th plane that crashed in Philidelphia.