story7724.xml
Title
story7724.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-09-17
911DA Story: Story
*9/11 the Day America Changed*
Everyone knows exactly what they were doing when famous people like JFK, or Princess Diana died. Well for the United States, everyone remembers what they were doing on september 11, 2001, not the death of a celebrity, but the death of thousounds of innocent americans. I live 20 miles away from DC and it hit our community extremly hard, many of my peers parents work at the Pentagon, and it was such a tragic day. I really didnt think anything of it when the news of the first tower was hit. But right around 11ish my principal comes on the intercom and announces that the pentago had been hit. As I walked down the halls, it was like a ghost town, it was pure silence and all you heard and saw was sadness and fear on all teenagers faces, whether balck, white, brown, purple, or blue. People dialing on their cell phones, frantic becasue they cant't get ahold of their paretns.
My Dad is a colonel in the US army and works in Alexandria. I know my heart sunk when I heard about the Pentagon. I immeadiatly got to a phone and called my dads work... busy signal. So I call again...busey. i called home to see if my sister had heard any news. She hasn't been able to get ahole of him either. She picks me up from school early becaue alli wanted to do was be with my family. We went home and were glued to the TV, we watched in AWE as places we saw everyday and have been to, in complete destruction. It was hours until we heard from both my mom, who works at the hospital were the victims of the Pentagon were being shipped to, and my dad. BUt just to held in their arms nad to hear them say- "i love you" has never meant so much. Its days like this that makes me realize the things we take for granted.
The way our country reacted was also something i will never forget. So many people wanted to help because so many people were hurt, violated, and touched. Our country came together to get through this horrifying day, and the marks it left in Americans hearts. Everyone came together as one, becasue we all felt the pain, and we all were going through the same feelings. To wake up the next day to flags, everywhere, people collecting food, clothes, colors of, red, white, and blue. September 11th. was only one day, but it will tkae a lifetime to forget.
Everyone knows exactly what they were doing when famous people like JFK, or Princess Diana died. Well for the United States, everyone remembers what they were doing on september 11, 2001, not the death of a celebrity, but the death of thousounds of innocent americans. I live 20 miles away from DC and it hit our community extremly hard, many of my peers parents work at the Pentagon, and it was such a tragic day. I really didnt think anything of it when the news of the first tower was hit. But right around 11ish my principal comes on the intercom and announces that the pentago had been hit. As I walked down the halls, it was like a ghost town, it was pure silence and all you heard and saw was sadness and fear on all teenagers faces, whether balck, white, brown, purple, or blue. People dialing on their cell phones, frantic becasue they cant't get ahold of their paretns.
My Dad is a colonel in the US army and works in Alexandria. I know my heart sunk when I heard about the Pentagon. I immeadiatly got to a phone and called my dads work... busy signal. So I call again...busey. i called home to see if my sister had heard any news. She hasn't been able to get ahole of him either. She picks me up from school early becaue alli wanted to do was be with my family. We went home and were glued to the TV, we watched in AWE as places we saw everyday and have been to, in complete destruction. It was hours until we heard from both my mom, who works at the hospital were the victims of the Pentagon were being shipped to, and my dad. BUt just to held in their arms nad to hear them say- "i love you" has never meant so much. Its days like this that makes me realize the things we take for granted.
The way our country reacted was also something i will never forget. So many people wanted to help because so many people were hurt, violated, and touched. Our country came together to get through this horrifying day, and the marks it left in Americans hearts. Everyone came together as one, becasue we all felt the pain, and we all were going through the same feelings. To wake up the next day to flags, everywhere, people collecting food, clothes, colors of, red, white, and blue. September 11th. was only one day, but it will tkae a lifetime to forget.
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Citation
“story7724.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed January 12, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/18004.