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2002-10-02

When the planes hit the twin towers I was in water polo practice at my high school. I walked into my first period English class and my best friend Jessica looked up at me and said "We're at war!" Ilooked at her and shook my head. Then she told me someone had flown a plane into the world trade center. I remember thinking "No one is stupid enough to attack America." I couldn't have been more wrong. I watched the towers come down second period and found out about the pentagon and the plane in Pennsylvania in third period. It was like watching my worst nightmare. My Oma, Grandma, was supposed to fly home from Arizona the next day. It was a week before she could come home. I'd always thought we were safe in America, things like this just don't happen here.