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2003-05-16

I remember sitting there like any other tuesday morning, wishing I was anywhere but at school that day. All of a sudden, we heard that something had happened in NYC, we turned on the television, and there was the world trade center on fire, as our class was watching this in horror, thinking "what a terrible accident", the second plane hit the other tower, being 16 at the time, with no cares in the world at all, i was seeing the United States a country that I thought was untouchable, being torn to shreds, as I saw this unfold in front of my eyes, I realized "We are at war", I became very angry, and scared. Here I was in a small town on the shoreline in CT, just a few hundred miles away from where this was all was taking place, not knowing how safe i really was, just 15 miles from a nuclear power plant,I really felt as if I was in danger, it was in the only time in my life I ever remember being truly afraid for my life. I will never forget a minute of that day as long as I live. Now almost 18, and seeing kids my age in the middle east fighting for in my opinion "a war never to be won", i feel as though the world in which i once felt safe is gone forever.