nmah5281.xml

nmah5281.xml

born-digital

story

yes

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2002-11-12

I don't live in New York but i think i took what happen more serious than the kids in my class when we first heard about the events in New York. I live in Battle Creek, MI so there's no real big threat there execpt that i live by a airport and two army bases, on that day i was sitting in my 10th grade history class when the teacher next door to us was in our library and said he watched cnn and told my teacher about it. Then my teacher turned on the radio and we listened to what had happened and some of the kids started laughing about it and my teacher told them do you want to be in a war in the next years to come but i don't think they got it until when they got home. I was scared but i stayed at school. When i got to my next block my choir teacher didn't believe us so he turned the radio on and then next day he had an american flag in our room. I'm still affected by this i read books about it trying to understand what happened and why but i don't think will ever know why. I know if my dad was alive he would want to kick somebody's a** b/c thats the kind of man my dad was. He was in the army when he was younger but he still had it in him. I miss my dad so much. And when i read stories i want to cry all the time but i know i can't. I know i didn't experience what the people in New York, Washington D.C., and in P.A. but we all can say that our freedom was taken away and we can never feel safe b/c we don't want this to happen again. I can't say this enough I'm proud to be an american more than i ever did and i praise those who lost their lives, those firemen, policemen, and rescue workers and even the canine dogs. Thank you from the bottom of my heart and i condinces go out to the families who lost love ones b/c i know the feeling.

I am more scared and aware that anything can happen. I read more and watch the news more than i ever did. And thank the time i have with my family members more mostly my grandma.

That nobody is safe and know that just cause we are out of the risk doesn't mean we let our guard down not now not ever and i mean it.The people that died that horrible day and everybody who has helped out they should all be remembered. Thanks again!

Yes, and my school put one in every classroom. Yes i believe the american flag in the most prettiest flag in the world.