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2002-05-15

On September 11, 2001 I was in 2nd period gym class when
I heard about the first world trade center collapsed
from a plane crashing into it. I didn't really believe
it at first because I thought people were just making it
up to scare us. When I entered 4th period Studio Art I
found out that it was true and the second world trade
center had collapsed. During 4th period we watched the
news the whole class period and found out some more
information. I found out that another plane crashed
into the Pentagon in Washington D.C. I was in total
shock of that because I didn't expect the terrorists to
do such a horrible thing. When I found out that this
was a terrorist attack I didn't really know what that
was because I never heard of terrorists before. When
I heard that the Pentagon was partly destroyed I was
kind of glad that it didn't get all the way knocked
down. Next period was 5th and I thought things were
going to get better. Well they didn't get better
because there was a bunch of suicide bombers all over
the United States waiting to blow up everybody and
everything around them. That I think was the worst
that a person could ever do; give up their life for
something they believe in. In my eyes that is very
pathetic. The next period was lunch and I was already
in a bad mood about all that happened, so I wasn't
really in the mood to watch the news in lunch because
I was afraid I might get sick to my stomach from seeing
all the dead and blooding bodies. There was a bunch of
people that were being carried away that were dead or
wounded from jumping or just walking along the building.
There was one issue that really made me think.
There was this little boy that just seen his mother and
then five minutes later, she died in the World Trade
Center, the second building. He was crying because
he didn't know where his mother was and couldn't find
his dad. He found out a little later that his dad also
died while walking along the sides of the World Trade
Centers. He was later sent to live with his
grandparents. That issue took all my lunch period and
I moved on to 7th period, which is Earth Science.
We watched CNN the whole class period. I learned that
the person who did this was Osama Bin Laden. He is the
worst terrorist that could ever live. I heard him
make a speech about what happened two hours ago, which
he denied doing anything. When I looked at his face
I knew he had a great part in this horrific event.
I was trying to hold tears in when they showed all the
victims. The end of 7th period was nearly approaching
the end and I didn't want it to end because I was just
getting into it. But, I was glad because as soon as
I got in 8th period that it was we watched. In the
middle of 8th period we had a moment of silence to
pray for the family of the victims. We then continued
to watch the news, nothing really new happened during
that period and onto 9th period. They kept on showing
the collapsing of the WTC's and the crashing of the
pentagon. Later that evening I went to my friends
house and watched President Bush make a public speech
to issue the public that we might be entering a war.
People were really scared of what was going to happen
after that. At about ten o'clock the U.S made is first
attack on Afghanistan, which blew up the entire country.
On September 11, 2001 was the worst day of my entire
life.