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2002-09-11

To begin with, I want to pay tribute to all of those who were involved in the 9-11 WTC incident, and also at the Pentagon. The way I view this, and the way someone else might, are completley different. I did not have any friends or relatives that were involved, so it hasn't had the deafening effect on me as it has had on a lot of others. It was the weirdest thing to be sitting in high school ,then all of a sudden, the news pops on and it says that two of the most important buildings in the U.S. have been destroyed by terrorist's, who hijacked two or three airplanes. I've never seen anything (along with everyone else), like that before. It doesn't seem as such a big happening at first, but when you add all the people who were in those buildings, who died, it's really quite overwhelming. A year later, this day, we all can clearly see what it has done, since last year, to bring people together, to help one another, to make sure we all are united. Many people could've just given up, but with the citizen's of the U.S., that's not an option. A lot of aremed forces, police, emergency, and firefighters have risked there lives to save as many people as possible, and I commend them greatly. I don't think that this will stop America through it's oncoming pages in history...I think this was just a test to show us that everyone has to help one another to succeed, and this event has proven so.

So, i'm proud to say that I'm a citizen of the United States, and by stating so, I will do my part on making sure what I need to do, is done. Recently, I enlisted into the U.S. ARMY Resreves...there was a frightening feeling that I might have been called in, even though I haven't gone through basic training yet. Now, I/m not afraid anymore.
I'm proud to be a defender of the U.S. I hope to God there aren't anymore, but am ready, to pursue any other terrorist attacks, in future with all my pride and dignity given to me from the freedom of America.
Thnak you