story740.xml
Title
story740.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-06-07
911DA Story: Story
September 11th: What a Day
September 11th?What can I say? What a beautiful day for
such a horrible tragedy. On this particular day, I was
sitting in school in my study hall daydreaming about my
band's last practice. I was thinking about how we had such a great practice and hoping that day's practice would be good too. Then, there was a disturbance to my daydreaming. I don't remember who the teacher was but all I heard was "a plane just crashed into the World Trade Center." My study hall teacher, Mr. Mufford, turned on the television and sure enough CNN was reporting that at 8:46 a.m. a plane had struck the first building, which was the North Tower. Thick clouds of grayish smoke filled the New York City sky. All I could think of was that it was nothing big and the building would be slightly damaged. After I saw the damage of the first building I was pretty shocked and worried for the people in the building. Then, I saw the second plane hit at about 9:03 a.m. into the South Tower and I was completely in awe. I had no idea that this was an act of terror. I figured it was a plane that got lost or something but when the second plane hit I was really scared. Bridges and tunnels leading into New York City closed at 9:21 a.m. Even though we are so far
away from New York City, Barker has a power plant that
gives power to places all over New York. American Flight
77 crashed into the Pentagon at around 9:45 a.m. The
unthinkable happened. The South Tower at the World Trade
Center collapsed which caused a bigger reaction from
everyone. As the buildings started to collapse, I really
started to get worried. The North Tower at the World Trade
Center then collapsed at around 10:28 a.m. All through my
school the only talk was of this tragedy. Fourth period
came around and the television was glued on CNN. We sat
and watched the struggle and listened to the news in horror. Nobody could believe that such a bad thing could have happened to our great nation. Pretty much all through the school day, all we did was sit and watch the World Trades Center slowly decay and crumble. After I got home that day, I sat down and watched all of this tragedy there. All day long I had people calling me, and I was calling people trying to see if they have heard anything new. Our practice had long been cancelled because we decided it might be dangerous to go out and about while all of this was happening. I was so upset to see the buildings collapse and see all of the people struggle to get away. The next day, on the news, there was major coverage of all that happened. Everything happened at the blink of an eye and still no one could believe that the Twin Towers were gone. If I only had one wish I would have wished not to see the aftermath. Seeing everyone in such a state of craziness kind of disappointed me. The hurt, the pain, the agony. Families left without knowing where their mother
s, fathers, brothers, and sisters are. Since September 11th
, I have gained a new pride for my country. I saw how my
country pulled together to help one another. Monuments
have been built in loving memory of all of the victims.
Before, I just took American citizenship for granted and I
really didn't care if I lived here or not. Today and forever
more, I am glad to say that I am truly proud to be an AMERICAN.
September 11th?What can I say? What a beautiful day for
such a horrible tragedy. On this particular day, I was
sitting in school in my study hall daydreaming about my
band's last practice. I was thinking about how we had such a great practice and hoping that day's practice would be good too. Then, there was a disturbance to my daydreaming. I don't remember who the teacher was but all I heard was "a plane just crashed into the World Trade Center." My study hall teacher, Mr. Mufford, turned on the television and sure enough CNN was reporting that at 8:46 a.m. a plane had struck the first building, which was the North Tower. Thick clouds of grayish smoke filled the New York City sky. All I could think of was that it was nothing big and the building would be slightly damaged. After I saw the damage of the first building I was pretty shocked and worried for the people in the building. Then, I saw the second plane hit at about 9:03 a.m. into the South Tower and I was completely in awe. I had no idea that this was an act of terror. I figured it was a plane that got lost or something but when the second plane hit I was really scared. Bridges and tunnels leading into New York City closed at 9:21 a.m. Even though we are so far
away from New York City, Barker has a power plant that
gives power to places all over New York. American Flight
77 crashed into the Pentagon at around 9:45 a.m. The
unthinkable happened. The South Tower at the World Trade
Center collapsed which caused a bigger reaction from
everyone. As the buildings started to collapse, I really
started to get worried. The North Tower at the World Trade
Center then collapsed at around 10:28 a.m. All through my
school the only talk was of this tragedy. Fourth period
came around and the television was glued on CNN. We sat
and watched the struggle and listened to the news in horror. Nobody could believe that such a bad thing could have happened to our great nation. Pretty much all through the school day, all we did was sit and watch the World Trades Center slowly decay and crumble. After I got home that day, I sat down and watched all of this tragedy there. All day long I had people calling me, and I was calling people trying to see if they have heard anything new. Our practice had long been cancelled because we decided it might be dangerous to go out and about while all of this was happening. I was so upset to see the buildings collapse and see all of the people struggle to get away. The next day, on the news, there was major coverage of all that happened. Everything happened at the blink of an eye and still no one could believe that the Twin Towers were gone. If I only had one wish I would have wished not to see the aftermath. Seeing everyone in such a state of craziness kind of disappointed me. The hurt, the pain, the agony. Families left without knowing where their mother
s, fathers, brothers, and sisters are. Since September 11th
, I have gained a new pride for my country. I saw how my
country pulled together to help one another. Monuments
have been built in loving memory of all of the victims.
Before, I just took American citizenship for granted and I
really didn't care if I lived here or not. Today and forever
more, I am glad to say that I am truly proud to be an AMERICAN.
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