story774.xml
Title
story774.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-06-10
911DA Story: Story
Karl Hill
6/6/02
Period-5
911
My day on September 11,2001 started out like it usually does with me getting up at 6:30 AM. I had no clue this was going to happen when I woke up. It was a Tuesday and I normally watch the news but it was early and the attack had not happened yet. When I got to school, I went to my locker to get my books and materials for the day. My first period class was English with Mr. Bellonte and it was a regular day. Third period was science class and I remember being there and sitting down expecting another day to begin just like every other. Miss. Kersch turned on the television news and the class saw pictures of the planes hitting the World Trade Center in NYC, the Pentagon and some place in Pennsylvania.
On the news you could hear people screaming and jumping from the buildings. I was not sure what was happening and didn't know if this was real or not. Everyone was just sitting there staring at the television.
Miss Kersch was the first to speak and she couldn't believe the World Trade Center had been blown up. Both towers burned for a while as the firemen and police were trying to put it out and save the people. As I was watching the South Tower fall, we could see on the television another plane coming towards the other tower. Soon after the other tower fell, there were huge clouds of smoke and debris falling through the air onto the people who were running away.
I felt bad for the people in the towers and planes. At this time, everyone felt it was an accident because we didn't know about the terrorists. Later, when I found out about the terrorists, I felt we should just go and bomb the country they came from.
The FBI got a tape of Osama bin Laden and his companions joking and laughing about the Trade Centers being hit. Osama bin Laden told us on the tape that he sent his people to kill others in the Trade Center, the Pentagon and Pennsylvania. The name of Osama bin Laden's group is the A'Queda and the Taliban is another group.
For a number of days, I felt sorry for the people who died and were injured. Many of the firemen and policemen were killed along with many innocent people. The final death total was about 3,200 killed by the terrorists.
6/6/02
Period-5
911
My day on September 11,2001 started out like it usually does with me getting up at 6:30 AM. I had no clue this was going to happen when I woke up. It was a Tuesday and I normally watch the news but it was early and the attack had not happened yet. When I got to school, I went to my locker to get my books and materials for the day. My first period class was English with Mr. Bellonte and it was a regular day. Third period was science class and I remember being there and sitting down expecting another day to begin just like every other. Miss. Kersch turned on the television news and the class saw pictures of the planes hitting the World Trade Center in NYC, the Pentagon and some place in Pennsylvania.
On the news you could hear people screaming and jumping from the buildings. I was not sure what was happening and didn't know if this was real or not. Everyone was just sitting there staring at the television.
Miss Kersch was the first to speak and she couldn't believe the World Trade Center had been blown up. Both towers burned for a while as the firemen and police were trying to put it out and save the people. As I was watching the South Tower fall, we could see on the television another plane coming towards the other tower. Soon after the other tower fell, there were huge clouds of smoke and debris falling through the air onto the people who were running away.
I felt bad for the people in the towers and planes. At this time, everyone felt it was an accident because we didn't know about the terrorists. Later, when I found out about the terrorists, I felt we should just go and bomb the country they came from.
The FBI got a tape of Osama bin Laden and his companions joking and laughing about the Trade Centers being hit. Osama bin Laden told us on the tape that he sent his people to kill others in the Trade Center, the Pentagon and Pennsylvania. The name of Osama bin Laden's group is the A'Queda and the Taliban is another group.
For a number of days, I felt sorry for the people who died and were injured. Many of the firemen and policemen were killed along with many innocent people. The final death total was about 3,200 killed by the terrorists.
Collection
Citation
“story774.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed January 9, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/19527.