nmah5697.xml

nmah5697.xml

born-digital

story

yes

no

2003-09-10

I was only in the 7th grade at the time of the September 11th attacks on the World Trade centers in New York City. I was in school when the first plane crashed into the building, my first period was just about to end and there was a announcement over the intercom telling everyone about how the attacks have occured. Immediatly after the announcement every T.V. in the school turned on. Next period I had was science, but we didnt really attend it we just reported to our home rooms and tuned in to the news. I didnt realize how severe the attacks were until i actually saw the footage of the planes hitting the towers for the first time. My intial reacction was disbalief. i couldnt believe that a plane had actually colided with a building. I had no idea it was a terrorist attack until the second plane hit. That was when I realized that this had been done on purpose. How these horrible people got access of a commercial aircraft? I didn't know. All i could think was whats next is it Boston or maybe even the White House. Then another alert came on about the pentagon being hit. Now this really scared me, I mean obliviously these people aren't easily intimadated, nor are they scared. About a half and hour after the attacks kids parents started coming in to pick them up and all my friends had left that were in my class so i was left with about 5 or 6 upper classmen. My mother was not even aware of the attacks until she as walking through the neighborhood and came across a couple of my friends. They were the one to inform her. Then after hearing of the horribleness of the attacks she immediatly came to my school and got me to dismiss me. After leaving school I went to eat with my friends that is where I had learned that the towers had collapsed, that was last thing i ever thought would happen. After we were done eating we just tried to do what we would do any other day. We went to the park and played some basketball. About half way through our game we heard very loud roars. This scared me alot. I had no idea what they were all i could think of was looking up and seeing a plane just above my head heading for the Prudential or Handcock building. As soon as i heard the roars i went inside our community center to check the news and try to find out what the roar was. I found out that it was a two fighter jets that were sent out to ever major city to assure pretecion. This was such a relief. When i went home the last thing i wanted to do was watch the news because all i wanted to do was get away from what was goin around. Then I went to bed in fear of another attack. That is how my day was on September 11, 2001.

After the attacks I realized that this is what we are we are a country united through peace and war. We had to give support to our fellow patriots and send dontions and supplies ect. This was the first time in my life when i was really and honestly PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN!

I think that we should rember all the familys who had lost loved ones in the attacks. And remeber how it was the day that brought America closer than ever. In a way it boosted our morale as a country