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2002-10-18

On Septemnber eleventh, I found out about the tragedy on the intercom at school. I didnt know the know how bad the destruction was. I was thinking "Oh a plane crashed in New York". I just went on with the rest of my work. I didnt know they were terrorist attacks. I only thyought that about one hundred people had died.

When I got home from school and saw the news, I was shocked. I saw i video from school of when the first tower fell, and I finally realized how bad things really were. It was like the whole world stopped. All os the sports games were cancelled. Businesses were closed. Everyone stoped what they were doing.

For the next few days, I saw that the number of people that died was steadilly rising. I couldnt beleive how man people had died. I felt lucky because I didn't lose anyone i didnt know.

My life has changed greatly because of September eleventh. I aprriciate my family and friends more now. I dont take anything for ganted. People are much more concientious. Airports have much more security now. People are traveling less and driving instead fo flying. People became afraid, worrying that their would be more attacks. Also my life has changed because I am grateful i am sill alive.

I think that all the innocent people who dies should be remembered because they had their lives unfairly taken away from them. They should be remembered because they were all like us.

I also think that everyone should remember the good that came out of it. All the nation was united, families grew closer and everyone appreciated what they had. This made evryone forget their differences and remember that they are all Americans.