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2002-09-09

I was in history class listening to my new teacher talk about Napoleon and his many accomplishment when we got a knock on the door. He looked threw the window in the door and waved while still teaching. but the person didnt stop knocking so finally almost annoyed he went to the door and talked to the person outside the room. I was sitting in my chair charching up one the notes that was telling us. When he stormed back into the room right to the TV and turned it on. I was almost confused because he was so into what he was talking about earlier and what TV program could draw him away from that? Well there it was a burning tower. with a caption at the bottom saying hyjacked planes crashed into World Trade Center. At first it didnt regeister what had just happened it was a shock to everyone in the classroom. We sat there and watched it all period, the burning of Tower 1. By the time it was to leave we saw the second plane crash into Tower 2. It was terifing to think that we were under attack. All sorts of questions ran threw my head like: What does this mean are we going into a war? Are those people alright? God help them. Then I thought of how many families were being affected by the terrist attacks. All of the people that were on the floors that were hit by the planes and the people above were just buring to death. That is a horrific way to die. I didnt have an experience that some did in New York that day. But I do feel pain for them and all of the other Americans that were affected by this.

Yes, I dont think that there is one person that hasnt been affected. Watching all of the heroism that went on that day was just incredible. People helping others down dozens of stories of stairs, firefighters and policemen helping people get to safty.
I feel I am more patriotic these days. I hang a flag on my bedroom window and I am proud to be an American.

I think that September 11 should be remembered not only by all of the people that died but also all of the heroism that went on that day. People should reflect on everything that happened and the days to follow like how many people waited in line for hours to give blood, how many construction workers and volenteers came out to dig at Ground Zero to help find surviving bodies. Or how many nurses and doctors, like my father, took a group of people from his job and organized an ambulance system to help the injured the day after the attacks.

Yes I did fly a flag after the attacks happened and it is still in my window.