story772.xml
Title
story772.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-06-10
911DA Story: Story
September 11th
I woke up on September 11th and it was a sunny,
semi warm day. It felt like any other day really. I got on
the bus and went to school. I hung out with friends in my
first and second class. In the middle of third period is
when I found out about the terrorist attacks. I left class
to get a drink and a teacher was walking down the hall and
saying something. At first I thought he was talking to me,
so I asked him what he said. He told me to go and tell my
teacher to turn it on CNN. So I hurried back to my class
and told Mrs. Lamb to turn on the TV. As soon as we turned
it on they showed the first tower in flames. I was very
confused. I had no idea what was going on, to be honest I
was a little scared to know what was going on. I wasn't
sure I wanted to know. Then a newscaster came across the
screen and said that a plane had flown into the tower. After
hearing this, the first thing that popped into my head was
the bombing in the twin towers in 1993. When class was
over everyone in the halls were talking about it. I stepped
into fourth period class and it was so quiet, which is very
unusual for my art class. We sat there the whole time with
our noses stuck to the TV. It was so sad. By this time the
other plane hit the second tower. When the towers started
to collapse I started to get teary. I still couldn't believe
this was happening. I thought it was just a really bad
dream. Then later on I heard that a plane hit the Pentagon
and then one crashed in Somerset, PA. The plane that crashed
in Somerset, PA from what I heard was supposed to come to
Somerset, NY. It was suppose to hit our power plant, AES.
During the next few days of school we watched over a
nd over again the devastating disaster. Each time I watched
it made me think to myself, wow what if that plane had hit
our power plant? What would have happened to us? It was so
important to watch the news every night and see what was go
ing on and how people had reacted to all this. It still
amazes me that someone can be so cruel and hurtful. After
the devastating disaster, everyone, including me was very
sad and had hopes on pay back for Osama bid Laden. This
tragedy influenced people and we know that America became
united once again. We pulled through it and now are trying
to move because everyone is "PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN!"
I woke up on September 11th and it was a sunny,
semi warm day. It felt like any other day really. I got on
the bus and went to school. I hung out with friends in my
first and second class. In the middle of third period is
when I found out about the terrorist attacks. I left class
to get a drink and a teacher was walking down the hall and
saying something. At first I thought he was talking to me,
so I asked him what he said. He told me to go and tell my
teacher to turn it on CNN. So I hurried back to my class
and told Mrs. Lamb to turn on the TV. As soon as we turned
it on they showed the first tower in flames. I was very
confused. I had no idea what was going on, to be honest I
was a little scared to know what was going on. I wasn't
sure I wanted to know. Then a newscaster came across the
screen and said that a plane had flown into the tower. After
hearing this, the first thing that popped into my head was
the bombing in the twin towers in 1993. When class was
over everyone in the halls were talking about it. I stepped
into fourth period class and it was so quiet, which is very
unusual for my art class. We sat there the whole time with
our noses stuck to the TV. It was so sad. By this time the
other plane hit the second tower. When the towers started
to collapse I started to get teary. I still couldn't believe
this was happening. I thought it was just a really bad
dream. Then later on I heard that a plane hit the Pentagon
and then one crashed in Somerset, PA. The plane that crashed
in Somerset, PA from what I heard was supposed to come to
Somerset, NY. It was suppose to hit our power plant, AES.
During the next few days of school we watched over a
nd over again the devastating disaster. Each time I watched
it made me think to myself, wow what if that plane had hit
our power plant? What would have happened to us? It was so
important to watch the news every night and see what was go
ing on and how people had reacted to all this. It still
amazes me that someone can be so cruel and hurtful. After
the devastating disaster, everyone, including me was very
sad and had hopes on pay back for Osama bid Laden. This
tragedy influenced people and we know that America became
united once again. We pulled through it and now are trying
to move because everyone is "PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN!"
Collection
Citation
“story772.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed December 17, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/16830.