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2003-09-11

On September 11th, I woke up at 5:30 and it seemed like any other day. At about the time second period started the principal came on the announcements to announce a horrible tradgedy had occured and that if we needed any help or needed to call our parents that it would be okay. No-one really knew what happened or what he was talking about, he only told us that a plane had flown into the Twin Towers in NY and a plane had flown into the Pentagon in DC. Everyone hussled and haggled with their teachers to go online or turn the TVs on so we could have somewhat of an idea what was going on. Finally in 3rd period my teacher let us get online and watch the news, it was all over the news. The footage of the planes flying into the towers and people jumping to their deaths! Over and over again they showed this horrible footage. They went between showing the Towers and the Pentagon for days on in. Every channel was devoted to finding out more and showing all they could to keep the public informed. It soon came to the minds of the media that it wasn't just a regular occurence, it was a terrorist attack against Americans and all that being an American stands for. Everyone was scared and yet sympathetic at the same time, it was a horrible day in history but we learned from our mistakes and have increased awareness about attacks. I still don't understand why someone would attack a country just because of our beliefs. So many people come to America to participate in our government and society but i guess a select few don't like our way of life and took it in their own hands to try and fix it. They don't realize that they didn't affect us in the way they wanted they just brought us closer and we have stayed that way since. Even on the 2nd year anniversary (September 11, 2003) you will see people waving their flags and wearing their red, white, and blue!

My life was not directly effected by the attacks but indirectly it affected everyone and everyone's lives have changed. It is approximately 8:48 am on the 2nd year anniversary and we just had a nationwide moment of silence, so obviously it still has an affect on all of America.

I think the awareness we have should be remembered to prevent future attacks and I think the families of the victim's should be remembered but most importantly I believe that the people who died for being American should be remembered as far into the future as possible.

In my house we have always flown an American flag, my feelings haven't changed much about the flag since the attacks. I believe that no matter what happens all Americans should be proud to wave their flags, whether it be during a time of need or just a time of joy the flag should always fly as high as it possibly can.