story702.xml
Title
story702.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-06-03
911DA Story: Story
Chris Castro Global
5/13/02 World Trade Center
September 11, 2001 was the worst day of any
American citizens life. I was in Earth science third period
when the assistant teacher Ms. Neuman was telling Ms. Kersch
about the tragedy. No one really knew if it was true or not.
Then Ms. Kersch turned on the television. We were all witness
to a historical tragedy occurring and it was horrifying.
We all couldn't believe our eyes. The one World Trade
Tower was on fire and lots of smoke was coming out of it.
Millions of people were fleeing away from the tragedy to
save themselves. After that class everyone was talking
about it, and we watched it in every class during the day.
The media had a huge impact on this event because the had
live footage of the incident and brought breaking news every
second. This incident will have a big impact on my life because
this was an enormous tragedy for the United States. It also p
ut us in a big debt by using all of are surplus money.
We had to make provisions as well for our new military.
The World Trade Center wasn't the only building to get
attacked. The Pentagon was also attacked. It didn't
collapse like the other
buildings did. A plane hit one side of the building
and started a fire. Because of these attacks there is
now very strict security at airports and other important
places that terrorists would consider as key targets that
could hurt our country. Our country now is taking extreme
precautions to fight terrorism. This tragedy will be in
history books to come. I feel extremely sad and fortunate
to have seen this occur as I was growing up. My children
and grand children will ask about the attacks someday and
I can tell them everything that happened because I lived
through it. But yet I still feel sorrow for the people who
died and for their suffering families.
5/13/02 World Trade Center
September 11, 2001 was the worst day of any
American citizens life. I was in Earth science third period
when the assistant teacher Ms. Neuman was telling Ms. Kersch
about the tragedy. No one really knew if it was true or not.
Then Ms. Kersch turned on the television. We were all witness
to a historical tragedy occurring and it was horrifying.
We all couldn't believe our eyes. The one World Trade
Tower was on fire and lots of smoke was coming out of it.
Millions of people were fleeing away from the tragedy to
save themselves. After that class everyone was talking
about it, and we watched it in every class during the day.
The media had a huge impact on this event because the had
live footage of the incident and brought breaking news every
second. This incident will have a big impact on my life because
this was an enormous tragedy for the United States. It also p
ut us in a big debt by using all of are surplus money.
We had to make provisions as well for our new military.
The World Trade Center wasn't the only building to get
attacked. The Pentagon was also attacked. It didn't
collapse like the other
buildings did. A plane hit one side of the building
and started a fire. Because of these attacks there is
now very strict security at airports and other important
places that terrorists would consider as key targets that
could hurt our country. Our country now is taking extreme
precautions to fight terrorism. This tragedy will be in
history books to come. I feel extremely sad and fortunate
to have seen this occur as I was growing up. My children
and grand children will ask about the attacks someday and
I can tell them everything that happened because I lived
through it. But yet I still feel sorrow for the people who
died and for their suffering families.
Collection
Citation
“story702.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed January 25, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/18663.