story746.xml
Title
story746.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-06-07
911DA Story: Story
Tasha zayac 911 Essay
5-28-02
Period 5
On September 11th 2001, I was on my way to school from a doctor's appointment. It was 9:30a.m.when I found out what had happened. I saw the replays of the first plane hitting the first World Trade Tower and about 18 minutes later another plane came and hit the second World Trade Tower. One hundred twenty minutes later the first World Trade Tower started collapsing and was followed by the second.
My life will change because more people will be aware of what is going on and the people won't say things to make the other people mad. Hopefully there won't be very many security threats. I know that the terrorists have a different lifestyle than we do.
Several days later we watched the newscasters updating events that resulted from the tragedy that happened on September 11th. After the attack, the Coast Guard flew planes along Lake Ontario checking on things so people wouldn't do anything that they shouldn't do. The planes were also checking for any terrorist activity.
I think that the terrorists that live in Afghanistan were declaring war on the U.S. by attacking the World Trade Tower in New York City and also by attacking the Pentagon in Washington. They had no reason to do so. The other reason that I was watching the news when I got home was because I did not know exactly what was going on. I wanted to know more about what was going on in the world and what brought about the attack on September the 11th. Since my sister did not see any of the news reports, she wanted me to fill her in with all of the details about what happened during the day. I did my best to explain the terrorist attacks but I don't think she really understood.
The reason that the terrorists from Afghanistan declared war on us is because they don't like us even though we didn't do anything to them. One reason Osama bin Laden and his men dislike us is because we have a democracy. Another reason that they hate us is because we are a Christian nation. I think that another reason that the terrorists attacked us is because we are a lot more powerful than they are and they don't like that very much at all.
My point of view about this whole thing is that they could have settled their anger another way. You don't just go and blow up a building because you are mad at one person or even one whole country. The final reason that they don't like us is because we don't send anything over there to help them live their lives.
I believe that Osama and other Muslims have no right invading us unless we did something inappropriate to them. The Middle East and their struggles are very confusing and hard to understand. The one thing I do understand is what they did was wrong and almost 3000 Americans lost their lives.
5-28-02
Period 5
On September 11th 2001, I was on my way to school from a doctor's appointment. It was 9:30a.m.when I found out what had happened. I saw the replays of the first plane hitting the first World Trade Tower and about 18 minutes later another plane came and hit the second World Trade Tower. One hundred twenty minutes later the first World Trade Tower started collapsing and was followed by the second.
My life will change because more people will be aware of what is going on and the people won't say things to make the other people mad. Hopefully there won't be very many security threats. I know that the terrorists have a different lifestyle than we do.
Several days later we watched the newscasters updating events that resulted from the tragedy that happened on September 11th. After the attack, the Coast Guard flew planes along Lake Ontario checking on things so people wouldn't do anything that they shouldn't do. The planes were also checking for any terrorist activity.
I think that the terrorists that live in Afghanistan were declaring war on the U.S. by attacking the World Trade Tower in New York City and also by attacking the Pentagon in Washington. They had no reason to do so. The other reason that I was watching the news when I got home was because I did not know exactly what was going on. I wanted to know more about what was going on in the world and what brought about the attack on September the 11th. Since my sister did not see any of the news reports, she wanted me to fill her in with all of the details about what happened during the day. I did my best to explain the terrorist attacks but I don't think she really understood.
The reason that the terrorists from Afghanistan declared war on us is because they don't like us even though we didn't do anything to them. One reason Osama bin Laden and his men dislike us is because we have a democracy. Another reason that they hate us is because we are a Christian nation. I think that another reason that the terrorists attacked us is because we are a lot more powerful than they are and they don't like that very much at all.
My point of view about this whole thing is that they could have settled their anger another way. You don't just go and blow up a building because you are mad at one person or even one whole country. The final reason that they don't like us is because we don't send anything over there to help them live their lives.
I believe that Osama and other Muslims have no right invading us unless we did something inappropriate to them. The Middle East and their struggles are very confusing and hard to understand. The one thing I do understand is what they did was wrong and almost 3000 Americans lost their lives.
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“story746.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed December 22, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/18068.