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2002-10-22

The news of September 11, 2001, came to a shock to me. I was sitting in my last period math class when our teacher told us that something terrible had happened to our country. With what little our teacher had told us, my classmates and I suspected something was terribly wrong. As I walked home from school, I tried to think of what could have happened to our country. I coulndn't even find words for my racing mind. When I got home, my mom and stepdad were both home. It was usual for my mom to be home. She was pregnant with my baby sister. My mom and stepdad told me that we were going to the hospital, we tried to make sense of this tragedy but coouldn't find words. At the hospital, I watched the television, just watching with sadness and disbelief. I remember watching the planes going into the towers over and over again. Just watching the former New York Mayor and waiting for updates on who had died and what was going to happen later. I also watched the Pentagon and the field in Pennsylvania just waiting for something else to happen. As time ticked away, I hoped with everything that my sister wouldn't be born on September 11. As the time got later and the day grew darker, I went home with my grandparents, and my mom told me she would call me when my sister was born. Luckily she was born September 12, 2001.
Although my life has not changed dramitcally since September 11th, I have become more aware now, and my level of safeness has decreased. I was affected because my cousin works in Pennsylvania and we didn't know if he was o.k. I was affected by the Anthrax that was going around because my uncle works in the post office so, in that sense, I was affected with what was going on around me after September 11. Anthrax is a white powdery substance that is biologically made and when it is inhaled, it could kill the person. Since Anthrax was being sent through the mail, my uncle was in danger of being infected with Anthrax. Things that happened around me after September 11 affected my life.
We should remember that the U.S. was carless. Therefore, we got hurt. I also think so many people died because we didn't have enough security. With the mistakes that happened, it shouldn't happen again. I think the men and woman , firefighters, police officers and EMT's that helped will be remembered forever. The victims who risked their lives to lose their own and save other people will also be remembered.
This just goes to show that after death comes life, the life of my baby sister.