story741.xml
Title
story741.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-06-07
911DA Story: Story
September 11, 2001
On the day of September 11, 2001, I was in my second period class when my Global Studies teacher came in and you could just tell something was wrong by her facial expressions and the look in her eyes. Normally she has a big smile on her face and she is just always happy, but not today. She came in and turned on the television right when the second plane flew into the World Trade Center. I remember my eyes filling with salty water and hearing all of my classmates awing and saying, "how could this be?" You could just see the fear in their eyes but none of us thought it was real at first. We thought it was a movie but it wasn't. It was real. Seeing this happen right before our eyes gave me one of the most horrific feelings I have ever felt in my life. Not to bring any memories back or anything, but seeing all the people jumping out of the buildings, I was hoping that it was like the cartoons when the little firemen came running, holding a blanket underneath them and yelling "I got you" and actually catching them. I guess it doesn't happen like that because this is the real world. We know that all of the 343 firemen and approximately 90 policemen that died while looking for the people that had already been killed in the Twin Towers died trying to to find them and and trying to save the ones that made it. I thank the firemen, policemen, and the paramedics so much for what they did. I think very differently about the policemen now since I know that they are here to help us not just to get us in trouble. To me, the policemen, firemen, and the paramedics are like Angels here to save the day. Now that we know that there might be future terrorist attacks, we can learn from September 11, 2001 and try to stop them before they happen. Our country is tightening down a lot more on our security systems. The government has giving advice on what to do if you see a terrorist. I don't think that this time the terrorists are going to be on a plane. The next time someone thinks of making a terrorist attack I really and truly just don't think it is going to be in the air. Now that this has happened I think that President Bush is going to take stronger precautions and he is going and he is going to make this is all better. Hopefully, he will make peace with Afghanistan so that we don't fight with them anymore. I also hope that he tries and makes peace with every country that we have conflicts with. I hope that there won't be a next time for us to learn from and experience like this. I know thought that no matter what we will probably have conflicts like like this until the world explodes or until everyone is extinct. The best we can do is try to make everything better. I am really sorry and very sympathetic for all the families out there and I hope that everything goes well with them. I believe that all of you are being watched by all of your loved ones that were in the Twin Towers and in the Pentagon. I will Pray for all of you. May you meet your loved ones some day but in a better passing.
Sincerely,
*Ashley*
On the day of September 11, 2001, I was in my second period class when my Global Studies teacher came in and you could just tell something was wrong by her facial expressions and the look in her eyes. Normally she has a big smile on her face and she is just always happy, but not today. She came in and turned on the television right when the second plane flew into the World Trade Center. I remember my eyes filling with salty water and hearing all of my classmates awing and saying, "how could this be?" You could just see the fear in their eyes but none of us thought it was real at first. We thought it was a movie but it wasn't. It was real. Seeing this happen right before our eyes gave me one of the most horrific feelings I have ever felt in my life. Not to bring any memories back or anything, but seeing all the people jumping out of the buildings, I was hoping that it was like the cartoons when the little firemen came running, holding a blanket underneath them and yelling "I got you" and actually catching them. I guess it doesn't happen like that because this is the real world. We know that all of the 343 firemen and approximately 90 policemen that died while looking for the people that had already been killed in the Twin Towers died trying to to find them and and trying to save the ones that made it. I thank the firemen, policemen, and the paramedics so much for what they did. I think very differently about the policemen now since I know that they are here to help us not just to get us in trouble. To me, the policemen, firemen, and the paramedics are like Angels here to save the day. Now that we know that there might be future terrorist attacks, we can learn from September 11, 2001 and try to stop them before they happen. Our country is tightening down a lot more on our security systems. The government has giving advice on what to do if you see a terrorist. I don't think that this time the terrorists are going to be on a plane. The next time someone thinks of making a terrorist attack I really and truly just don't think it is going to be in the air. Now that this has happened I think that President Bush is going to take stronger precautions and he is going and he is going to make this is all better. Hopefully, he will make peace with Afghanistan so that we don't fight with them anymore. I also hope that he tries and makes peace with every country that we have conflicts with. I hope that there won't be a next time for us to learn from and experience like this. I know thought that no matter what we will probably have conflicts like like this until the world explodes or until everyone is extinct. The best we can do is try to make everything better. I am really sorry and very sympathetic for all the families out there and I hope that everything goes well with them. I believe that all of you are being watched by all of your loved ones that were in the Twin Towers and in the Pentagon. I will Pray for all of you. May you meet your loved ones some day but in a better passing.
Sincerely,
*Ashley*
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Citation
“story741.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed January 6, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/4266.