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2002-09-18

September 11th, 2001, a tragic day for many Americans. I remember being in my English class when my teacher got a phone call saying that something terrible had happened. She put the television on, and it was devastating. I could not believe what I was seeing, and I still can??t. The looks on the faces of my fellow classmates were depressing, as in sad. One of the students in my class left as soon as he got the news, because his dad was on the ??American Airline?? flight that had crashed into the Pentagon. After class, everyone in the hallways were crying, hugging each other, or talking about the event. I just didn??t know how to react and show my feelings towards others. I was too shocked.
As the days went by, people started to be more patriotic than before. Students stood up with honor to say ??The Pledge Of Allegiance?? for all the people who died, and also for the families who lost a loved one. People wore Red, White, and Blue, a lot more, and respected one another. As for me, my neighbor was one of them who were killed at the Pentagon. It was dreadful, because I only saw him on that very morning before going to school, and the next thing you know, he was gone forever. I really miss seeing him everyday when I come from school. And it was horrifying hearing about what had happened to his body.
One year has gone, and it seems like it had just happened yesterday. I thought that the government would have officially made September 11th, a day for remembrance to all the people who died, and for all the people who worked hard to get things done. Hopefully, this event will be, or is already ??HISTORY??. People would be reading about it and studying it, like how we had learned about ??Pearl Harbor??.