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2002-06-05

On September 11th, 2001 I was talking to one of my friends in the hall, at school. She was telling me about how in Global class she watched a plane hit the World Trade Towers, she thought that it was just a clip from a movie or something. At first I thought she was just messing around because that week in Global we were learning about Afghanistan. She told me that it wasn?t a joke and she was serious. It didn?t really hit me until after a few classes. In every class I went to, everyone just watched the news. I could hear people screaming and could see people running all over the place to get away from the buildings. I watched people jump out of the building to escape the burning blaze, and later witnessed the buildings collapse. It really affected me when you could hear people calling their families to say that they loved them and goodbye. Our nation really came together to help and aid people affected. I couldn?t believe how people trapped in the rubble could call for help on their cell phones for the police or their families.
It was also terrible to see the Pentagon. You could see the floor of the building. The wall was torn right off and part of it was crushed. There was smoke flowing out of the Pentagon like water flowing in a river.
When the news announced that a plane crashed in Somerset, Pennsylvania. People became very strange at first but then realized that it was Pennsylvania, not Somerset, New York, where we live. Everyone was still very upset with all the innocent people dying. I heard that this plane was headed to the White House but ended up in Somerset, Pennsylvania. I think that it is better that the plane ended up in Somerset than hitting the White House, but either way I feel very bad for the friends and families of these people. By not hitting the White House, no more innocent people died.
In the days following the attack the United States was really brought together. Every where I went there were flags in front of peoples homes and on their cars. You couldn?t even find a flag in a store because they were in such high demand. Also on the news I saw people that went to the twin towers to help look for people and clean up the disaster. People went to New York City hospitals to help care for the hundreds of injured people. I feel that it is good that we were able to come together as a nation to help others in a time of need.
In the days following September 11th the United States government thought that the terrorist attacks were caused by Osama bin Ladin. At that point the United States decided to get Osama bin Ladin for what he did to the U.S. In other Middle East countries I saw little kids on the news happy and running around because of the attacks on the United States. This made me feel very upset because people were happy from the deaths of hundreds of people.
September 11th was a terrible day in our country?s history that will be remembered forever. We as a nation worked together to get through these hard times and now we are stronger than before because, we know that as a nation we can get through anything.