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story6695.xml

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2002-09-12

I was getting ready for my 7am math class. As always i turned on chanell 11 news as i do every morning. i was watching the news and then it got imturupted to tell us about the first plane crash into the first tower. I remeber sitting there thinking "what kind of idiot flys into a building. That is such a big mistake." i that point I still thought it was just a bad mistake. As i was brushing out my hair i saw the second plane come into the picture and slam into the 2nd world trade tower. I instently thought terrorist. I dont know why but I did. I ran to wake up my dad and tell hime "The US is getting attacked by terrorist." I didnt really know what to do so i went to school. My teacher had no idea what had happned and was iritated that the class was so giddy. We told him what happened but he didnt get just how huge it was. After class got in my car where i heard about the pentigon and Flight 93. I worked as a Travel Agent for AAA and as soon as I got there it was a mess. Many people where stuck in places away from loved ones and everyone wanted to go home. We stayed open 24 hours those first few days to try to do all we could. I will never forget that day or time when i saw history change.