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nmah1524.xml

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2002-09-08

I can still remember exactly where I was on the tragic day of September 11th, 2001, and I am sure I won't be able to forget it either. I was in my 9th grade English class and we had just finished discussing one of our upcoming projects when one of the teachers came in looking very unhappy. She told our teacher, Ms. Hegge, that she needed to speak with her right away. It only took about three minutes until Ms. Hegge arrived back in our room and told us to put everything away and just listen to her. She told us that two planes had crashed into the twin towers. My insides were trying to tell me that it wasn't real and it seemed like it was just a story. The rest of the hour, which was about 15 minutes, we sat in silence watching the t.v. screen for the latest update.

My life has changed since September 11th, 2001 and i would be greatly surprised if someone told me that theirs has not because it is such a big piece of our history now. I guess it is liking saying your life didn't change after World War II or the Korean War becuase we all know that everybodys did. I think the biggest part is it was a wake up call for all of us. I was shocked that people would want to do something like that to our country and I was pretty much in dark about how other countries felt about us.

I think everything should be remembered about September 11th. Every piece is a piece of our history and should not be forgotten if we can help it. I am sure that others would like to forget some parts of the tragedy and I don't blame them for it. I believe that if we remember everything we can our country will stay strong and stick together more than ever before.

Yes, we did fly an American flag after September 11th, and also received the little miniture ones at about every parade in the state. I can remember many of the stores had to keep ordering them becuase of the demand for one.
My feelings have greatly changed, since September 11th, on the American flag. Before I didn't really think about the flag or what it meant that much, but now I will never forget that is stands for our unity of the nation.