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2002-10-18

On September 11th, I witnessed history in a very ironic place, a place that I will never forget. It was just another bus evacuation drill. Everyone was sitting down and talking. There was a delay for some reason and they wouldn't tell us why. The bus driver came on the bus, holding the radio piece in his ear. He then told us what had happened and said that they didnt know why two planes had flown into The World Trade Center Buildings. The teachers would not turn on the TV's, so I had to sit and worry in school for almost four hours. When I got home I had many questions on my mind. Who, what, and why? Even watching the news for a couple of hours didn't answer these questions. No one really seemed to know these answers fpr everyone was in shock. I will never forget that day for the rest of my life.
My life has changed many ways since September 11th. I now have learned not to take people or things for granted. I've learned to have a greater appreciation for things and to be a little more patient. My life has changed a little bit in a bad way too. I tned to jump to conclusions more often. Immediately after something bad happens, I think "terrorists" or "Al-Queda". My life has changed many ways since September 11th, mostly for the btter.
I think we should remember all the people who lost their lives from the September 11th attacks and also all the people who knew someone who passed on September 11th. We should remember that we need to stop terrorists, domestic or foriegn. also we need to learn from this tradegy amd make sure it will never happen again. Most importantly we need to remember , through better and worse, America will always prevail.