story767.xml
Title
story767.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-06-09
911DA Story: Story
Terrible Twosome
By, Jessica Chrysafides
On September 11th, 2001 I was sitting in my Earth Science class with my teacher Miss. Kersch when a boy in our class named Ricky walked in and said, "A plane just hit the World Trade Centers in New York City!" My teacher Miss. Kersch turned on the television to CNN and we watched it for the rest of that class period. In my Earth Science class, we all saw was a plane crashing into one of the World Trade Center buildings. As the whole world was concentrating on the World Trade Centers another plane hit the Pentagon. Then all of the sudden out of nowhere, the south tower of the Trade Center collapsed. A few seconds later, the north tower collapsed. After all this happened, the wall on the Pentagon collapsed.
That day I was really sad because my cousin works in the United States Treasury at the Pentagon. That day she was supposed to work in the same place where the plane hit the Pentagon. Luckily that day she was rescheduled to work in a camp in Washington D.C. away from where the Pentagon was. Another thing I saw on the television was a family. A wife, daughter, and sister were looking for a man. They searched all over for him. They kept going back and forth past the where the World Trade Centers stood. All of a sudden, the daughter screamed, "DADDY!" and she sprinted over to him and gave him a huge hug.
I thought it was heroic for all the man and women who went to New York City to help with the clean up. It was also sad because they had to leave their families for days, weeks, maybe even months.
I will always be praying for those families who have lost loved ones and friends. I will always remember that significant day on which the World Trade Centers and the Pentagon was attacked! September 11, 2001.
By, Jessica Chrysafides
On September 11th, 2001 I was sitting in my Earth Science class with my teacher Miss. Kersch when a boy in our class named Ricky walked in and said, "A plane just hit the World Trade Centers in New York City!" My teacher Miss. Kersch turned on the television to CNN and we watched it for the rest of that class period. In my Earth Science class, we all saw was a plane crashing into one of the World Trade Center buildings. As the whole world was concentrating on the World Trade Centers another plane hit the Pentagon. Then all of the sudden out of nowhere, the south tower of the Trade Center collapsed. A few seconds later, the north tower collapsed. After all this happened, the wall on the Pentagon collapsed.
That day I was really sad because my cousin works in the United States Treasury at the Pentagon. That day she was supposed to work in the same place where the plane hit the Pentagon. Luckily that day she was rescheduled to work in a camp in Washington D.C. away from where the Pentagon was. Another thing I saw on the television was a family. A wife, daughter, and sister were looking for a man. They searched all over for him. They kept going back and forth past the where the World Trade Centers stood. All of a sudden, the daughter screamed, "DADDY!" and she sprinted over to him and gave him a huge hug.
I thought it was heroic for all the man and women who went to New York City to help with the clean up. It was also sad because they had to leave their families for days, weeks, maybe even months.
I will always be praying for those families who have lost loved ones and friends. I will always remember that significant day on which the World Trade Centers and the Pentagon was attacked! September 11, 2001.
Collection
Citation
“story767.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed December 11, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/14683.