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2002-09-18

Somebody perhaps think now,why I, a german, write something about September 11. I want to let peole knwo what September 11th was like in Germany,and I want to let them knwo that they were not alone.So please read my story.
Nobody will ever fotget that day in September.It was September 11th 2001.It was a Tuesady.
That day began like every other day before.My Dad woke me up at about 6 a.m., we had breakfast and after that we drove to School in Leer, Germany.I am german and we write our personal story in our history class.I am an exchange stundent and I will spent 10 months in the United States.
School went normal like every ohter time.We had to write a maths test,and I can remember that it was not very easy.After school I drove with the school bus to Ween,er,a small city near my home village,call Bunde.School ended at 1 p.m. so I arrived in Weener at about half past 1.My cousin had her 14th Birthday that day so we planned to have a little party.We drank soda and tea and ate cake.It was a nice birthday party.Sometime between half past 3 and 4 p.m. my cousin Christian came into the living room,where everyboday from our family was.He told us that the World Trade Center was hit by a plane.Everybody thought it was an accident,so my cousin went up to his room and watched TV.After a few minutes he came back and told us about the second plane.We realized that that could not be a normal accident,so it must be something more important.My whole family talked about what has happened.But they did not thing about an attack.
My cousin, a few ohter family memers and I went upstairs to my cousins rooms,to watch TV.On every single chanel in Germany they had pictures from the burning Twin Towers.On the TV they spoke about an attack,but we could not beliefe that till the news from the plane in Washington D.C. and the one in Pannsilvania came in. The whole day we talked about that.WE asked ourselves why somebody could do this.It was the same in most parts of Germany and Europe.In the evening,after the Twin Towers had collapsed, my mun and I drove back home.We tried to reach a very good friend,who is a member of the german Parliament in Berlin.The Parliament had a meeting till that time,because they counted with attacks in Germany.Everywhere was police and fire fighters the days after September 11. At that evening everybody went to bed late,everybody wanted to see the news and the pictures which came to us from America.Everybody in my family was crying as they saw the people juming out the WTC.It was not an easy day for America, but it was also not an easy day in Germany and Europe.Everybody was afraid and nobody knew what to do.
The next day we spoke about what was happened in school.The teachers wanted us to understand,although you can not understand what was goning on in the heads of the Al Kaida members.Many people wanted to help the americans and they sent money and other things over.Not just americans died in the WTC, there were also offices from german banks.A lot of nations lost some of their people.
I hope my story let peole thing. September 11 was not an attack on the USA,it was an attack on the western world.Many people were ciying like in the United States.Sure it happened in the USA but you were and you are not alone with your sadness.
One year after Sepember 11, there were documentations on nearly erery german television chanels.We,in Germany, also remembered that day and we will ever remember!!