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2002-09-12

On September 11th I was getting ready in the morning for school just like I had done for the past month. It was around 8 that i had turned on the news and had seen that a plane had hit the Tade Cnter. It was actually two that had hit. Every channel I had turned to there was news all about the Trade Centers. I wanted to stay and watch the news but I had to go and catch my bus. When I got to school I remember I had Health first period with one of my volleyball coaches. We sat and watched people try to escape the towers, and then they fell. It must have been the hardest thing I have seen in a long time. I remember thinking of all those people in the buildings that had died and the people in the planes. The rest of the day in all my classes we watched the news and we wanted to know more. We had a volleyball game that day that had been canceled because of the event and I remember people wanting to play, but I thought how can these people be so selfish. All this devistation all over the U.S. and you want to play a volleyball game. My biggest concern was that one of my relatives was in the builiding but she wasn't and that was the first relief. For the rest of the day we watched and watched, and then I went home and continued watching. I rememeber crying at night thinking of the kids who lost their parents and the wives and husbands who had died. The next week my dad was told he might have to go out of the country. This is where it hit me that I could become affected more then I really wanted to. Later that night my mom called me and told me that my stepdad was on 24 hour watch, which meant he could leave at any moment. This is the worst thing to happen to a girl my age, I think. So much was racing through my mind. Now as one year passes I think of all those who lost their lives, and all those who were left behind without mothers or fathers. I always want to know, "What were these terrorists thinking when they hit those buildings?" Innocent people were killed for what reason? I think they should pay for their crimes and what they have caused on our country. Now everyday I sit in wonder, "Will my dad and stepdad go to war?" Could another attack happen just like this one? I know we have people fighting for our country right now, and I thank God every day that they are here to protect us. I think September 11th should be a day to remember those innocent victims who died, but also the men and women who died as heros. It will be a day never forgotten.