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2002-09-12

I WOKE UP AROUND 6:30 IN THE MORNING TO GET READY FOR SCHOOL. I HAD NO IDEA OF WHAT HAD HAPPENED. I GOT READY AND LEFT MY HOUSE AT 7 AND THAT'S WHEN I HEARD IT ON THE RADIO. I WENT TO MY CLASSES AS USUAL AND DURING MY 2ND PERIOD CLASS WE GOT NEWS THAT THE TOWERS HAD BEEN HIT. I WAS DEVASTATED AND SCARED. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY ALL OF THIS HAD HAPPENED. THAT WAS THE TALK OF THE DAY AT SCHOOL. AFTER SCHOOL I WENT HOME AND WATCHED THE NEWS ALL AFTERNOON. IT WAS TERRIBLE THAT ANYONE WOULD DO SUCH A THING AND THINK THAT THEY WERE DOING SOMETHING GOOD. I THANKED GOD THAT NONE OF MY FAMILY OR FRIENDS WERE HURT. I WAS THANKFUL THAT WE WERE STILL HERE. THIS IS A PART OF HISTORY IN MY GENERATION. I AM ALMOST 18 YEARS OLD AND THIS IS SOMETHING I WILL NEVER FORGET. TODAY SEPTEMBER 11, 2002 WAS A DAY THAT WE TOOK TIME TO PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE HURTING BECAUSE THEY LOST A LOVED ONE AND TO PRAY FOR THIS COUNTRY. WE HAD A GREAT REMEMBRANCE SERVICE AT CHURCH AND WE TOOK THE TIME TO PRAY FOR THOSE IN NEED. GOD BLESS