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2004-01-05

On September 11th, 2001 I was at school sitting in 4th bell which is right around 11 am. Some people were talking about the Twin Towers being hit in 3rd bell but no one really payed much attention and thought that they were joking, but then in 4th period the teacher confirmed that this was true but were not allowed to turn on the TV until it was okayed by the principal. We were told it was ok to watch the TV by 1 and so we did. I remember watching the TV with my 6th period class wondering how there could be so much hatred in the world. I never felt really threatened personally, but I was just in shock. My teacher handled it really well though and we talked about in class, which made things a little better; but I was still hoping that it was a bad dream and that soon I would wake up, but it wasn't. By that point in the day I yearned for normalness again, anything that represented the world before the tragedy of September 11th.

My strongest memory of September 11th is sitting in 6th period watching the TV for the first time that day. It made what everyone was saying a reality. Seeing the planes crash into the towers for the first time was mind blowing. That picture will stay in my mind forever. Just the picture of those planes crashing into the tower and then the crumbling.

It is sad to say but personally September hasn't changed my life all that much, other then being a little more cautious on the airlines and having to wait longer at the airports. I know that September has changed a ton of peoples lives with all the loss of human lives. I don't live anywhere close to the east coast so I haven't had to deal with that. I think as a nation it has brought us together a little more and opened our eyes up to that face that we are not invincible like some people have thought. We are fighting the war on terrorism right now and I believe that is a fight we will never win. We will keep fighting it until the day we die because it is not a country or group but rather a mind set that says that is better to die and kill people and then you will be praised. Overall the effect of September 11th has changed me a little bit but not a whole lot.