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2002-09-11

September 11, 2001 started out as a normal day for me. After hearing about the attacks that Tuesday morning, I did not now what to feel. I was shocked and angry at the same time. I wanted to hunt down and find the people who had committed this crime. After watching the vidio tapes of the World Trade Centers and the Pentagon over and over again, I began to realize that this was real. It was not a dream. It is still hard for me to completely grasp the great deal of crisis our country went through that day. So many people lost their lives, yet so many heroes were formed. I will never forget coming home and crying at the thought of what had happened. Today, three-hundred sixty-five days after the one day that changed our lives, I still have the same emotions that I felt when I first understood what had happened. My family still has flags in our house and we still pray for the people who lost loved ones. The people behind this horrible act aginst our people tried to bring us down. They tried to make us look weak and divide our people and all that we have worked hard for over the years. But did they? No. IF anything, they brought us together. Now we can stand proud and say that we did not fall apart at the time that we were vulnerable the most. We came together and we are fighting back. We will not be humiliated. Instead, we will move on. Americans can not let terrorists stop us from living. We now have to work together and re-establish the freedom and respect that we once took pride in. Let's roll.

After September 11, 2001, my life changed a lot. The attacks affected my perception on life. I have been forced to open my eyes and cherish every special moment that comes along. I now have more respect for our leaders and heroes than I did before. I have also become more involved in knowing what is happening with our country. There was a period of time after the attacks that the only thing I could watch on television was the news. I have grown to take advantage of the news. September 11th also made me thankful. I am thankful to be an American. After seeing what kind of lives some people live in foreign countries I am more aware of just how great our country is. I do not think I will ever be able to look at a flag the same way. Before the terrorist attacks I would say the pledge everyday and not even know the words that came out of my mouth. Now, I mean the words when I say them. Before, I would wave a flag on the Fourth of July because that is what everyone else did. Now, I hold my flag with pride. Sometimes it takes a tragedy to see reality.

People should remember the heroes. On September 10th, you might have seen a firefighter walking down the street and thought nothing of him. Firefighters are now a national symbol of what happened. Normal people that weren't anything special, evolved to be the building blocks of new ways. When looking back, Americans should remember the many civilions that helped save lives and in the process may have lost their own lives.