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2002-10-02

On the morning of September 11 I was in the pool for morning
water polo practice. While we were passing I saw one of the
coaches enter the pool deck and tell our coach something we
didn't know what he was just told but we knew it was
something bad. Our coach just shook his head and our other
coach put her hands over her mouth. When we got out and
where in the showers one of our teammates came over to us
and said," Hey, did you guys hear about the plane that was
hijacked and flown into the world trade center?" We all
thought it was part of a joke so we said no and waited for
the punch line. She just stared at us and said,"No, its
true a plane really did crash!" Then we stared at each
other in disbelief. I had not fully realized how bad it was
until I went to my 4th period class and actually saw the
plane hit the 2nd WTC and I began to cry. When I got home
that day my uncle called. He had just recently become a
firefighter. He told me some of the men from his station
were leaving for NY but he wasn't because he was new. After
a whileof silence my uncle said,"Being a firefighter myself,
I know for a fact that if I was a NY firefighter I would
not hesitate whatsoever,running into one of those buildings
to fullfill my duties."I cried some more and said goodbye.
The thing that will stay in my mind forever is what my
uncle said that day. I know that those men and women who
perished are truly heroes.
I will never forget....