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2002-10-17

On September 11th, 2002 terrorists hijacked four and flew them into the twin towers, The Pentagon, and a field in Pennsylvannia. On that day I was at the Marlborough Middle School figuring it was going to be a regular day of school. During literature class, the principal came over the loud speaker and informed us that there had been an attack. I had no idea what he was talking about because he didn't give us the details. Regardless, immediatly I felt sympathetic for whoever was attacked and the families that lost loved ones. None of the teahers would let us watch it on T.V. or even talk about the details because they didn't want us to know about it. One of the teachers decided to turn on the televisionto show us what was going on. That's when I relized the Twin Towers had collapsed and thousands of people had died. I continued on with my day as all the other did, feeling sorry for all of the victims and the families affected by this tragity of September 11th. When I got home I turned the T.V. on right away and learned a third plane had crashed into the Pentagon and a fourth plane into a field in Pennsylvannia. Until I fell asleep, I continues to watch the newsand couldn't believe my eyes ever time those two planes crashed into the Twin Towers.

My life has definatly changed because of September 11th. For Instance now on a daily basis I think about what goes on in other countries and how they always have to deal with terrorism and innocent people being killed. I think about how every day in some countries, they don't know if abuilding is going to blow up and if their families are going to be gone forever. Maybe a car that they are walking by has a bomb in it and it will go off. Also I think about the families who were affected by September 11th and how it could have easily been me in one of those planes or one of my family members. Finally my life has changed because of what happened on September 11th because now I might not want to fly on planes or travel very often.

Many things should be remembered about the tragedy of September 11th. For instance, the firefighters and policemen of New York should be remembered. They should be remembered for their heroic actions on September 11th. They risked their own lives to dive into all the decay of the Twin Towers to save as many people as humanly possible. Also the passngers on the plane heading for the Capitol Building should be remembered. These passengers overtook the terrorists, crashed the plane so that no civilians would die. They died for their country.