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nmah5025.xml

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2002-09-16

On September 11th 2001, the day that the world stopped turning, I witnessed the terrorist attacks while I was a freshman at Uniontown High School. It was a Tuesday morning and I was sitting in homeroom talking to friends when an announcement was made stating something about the World Trade Centers. I wasn't really paying attention to the announcement when it was made. The televisions came on and showed a picture of one of the World Trade Centers burning. I didn't think anything of it. I thought it was just a really bad fire, since I couldn't hear the television. While walking to second period, my friends told me what was really happening. They told me that terrorists took over a plane and flew it into the Trade Center. My heart skipped a beat. When I entered my second period class, the television was on showing us live pictures of the attacks. At that point I knew I was living through history. After the day ended, I made my way into my house and watched the broadcasts with my sister. We flipped through the channels and on every station there was something on about the attacks. I spent the day that changed America in Uniontown High School. Even if I was somewhere else on September 11th, I would have the same thoughts and emotions about America, the citizens of American, and what the people of this country were going through.