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2002-03-05

I am only 13 and in the 7th grade... on that day i was in my history class when a teacher ran into the room crying and asked not so calmly if my teacher could turn the T.V. on she explained that he husband was in the WTC. At the time no one in the room knew what was going on. As the T.V. came on we saw them replaying the plane going into the tower it was the second plane. I was terrified and began to cry because my dad was in NYC working very near the WTC that day. I just couldnt stop crying. Then i heard about the Pentagon next on the news... my dads roomate worked there and hes a very close family friend so again i was terrified. I went through the whole day crying and worrying. I remember one of my friends came up to me and said "this is so funny" that just made me tick, i couldnt take it so i snapped, i screamed back at her "How is this funny, we are under attack, thousands are going to die?!?!" I was so mad at her... needless to say i am not her friend anymore. Later in the day i was called to the office, as i walked there it seemed that it took me hours, as i worried what the news would be; was my dad okay? or was he dead? when i got up there i saw my mom and i went home. I was in such shock. I immediately made a memorial thing and it rests at the Pentagon right now. forever i will remember this and i pray for the lives of our brave U.S soldiers over seas and the Northern Alliance. My deepest regrets go out to the familys that lost people that day. Luckily no one i know died. However one of my friends mothers was on the flight that crashed into the pentagon, she is dead... and there still is no sign of the teachers husband. RIP