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2002-09-10

I was lying in my bed sleeping quietly and all of a sudden my dad came in and shook me. He said there was a tragic even that had just occurred in New York. I didn't know what he was talking about so I just got up and went out to the living room. About twenty seconds after I walked in I saw the second plane run right into one of the World Trade Centers. I stood there just thinking it was some kind of movie on HBO. But, when I turned around and saw my mom crying on the coach I knew that something extremely serious must have happened. I was stunned, not knowing really what to think. I knew what had happened but I hadn't taken it in completely. The next day at school I learned more of what happened on the tragic day in America. That people on the top floors were actually jumping out of the windows because they new they were going to die no madder what. I couldn't understand why someone would kill himself before they needed too. But in a situation like that I guess you would panic and not think. Watching the television people who had lost their loved ones in the incident. I still remember there was this woman who was talking to her husband on one of the flights that crashed into the WTC. She was talking to him and all of a sudden the line went dead. I couldn't imagine how incredibly sad she must have been.

My life has changed slightly because of September 11, 2001 I am now I am thinking about how people could get guns or bombs onto a plane and drive it into a building killing many people. Close to the hijacking of the planes on 9/11 I had to go on a trip to Singapore for my braces in a week or so after. On that flight I felt kind of weird getting on a plane right after planes being hijacked a week before.

I think that people should remember all of the family's that have lost loved ones on the terrible, hatred day. Of how children at the age of one to three years old have lost either their mom's or dads. They will have to grow up with out having a parent around to help you with some of the situations. I also believe that people should remember how much hatred the hijackers of the planes must have felt to kill not only themselves but also thousands of other completely innocent people.

Yes, we did fly an American flag after the events of September 11th. Even though we were in a Muslim country, we still put up the flag. Soon after the company asked all of the residents not to put up an American Flag for safety reasons only. My feelings about the American flag have changed as a result of September 11th; I now realize more how that having America being the land of the free terrorist attacks like this may happen in the future.