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2006-09-11

I remember being in school that very day. I was in the 4th grade so i had no idea what was happening. I remember rummors going around that something bad had happened and that the air planes had crashed into the towers. Being that i was at such a young age i didn't know what the twin towers were. We just went on as if it were a regular school day. The students didn't understand what had happened but i remember seeing teachers crying. After school i went to my after school program and there again i heard the rummors that something bad had happened. I still didn't know what had completly happened until i got home that evening at turn the TV on to see that every channel had scenes of planes crashing into buildings and people running for their lives. At that point i realized what truly had happened. I remember my dad sitting me down and asking me if i knew what had happened. I responed, "yes". My dad also told me not to tell my little brother, who at the time was about 7 years old. One reason was because my mom was in NYC at the exact time the planes crashed and she even saw the second plane crash from her building which was a few blocks away. She can home as quickly as she could on a bus which arrived the next night. I remember staying up til midnight that night waiting for her but to arrive. We hugged her tight and were so relieved she was safe. I will never, ever forget the day of 9/11. It feels like in was just last week. I can't believe it's the 5th anniversiry!