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2002-06-30

For me witnessing history on this day was like it was for so many others, through the television. I was just starting my senior year of college at a university in Ohio. The night beofre I can gone to bed thinking that I was part of a great country in which something like September 11th would never happen. Then I awoke to go to class on Tuesday morning and herad reports on the radio saying they would update the events. I was unsure of what they were talking about so I walked into my living room and turned on the televison. There I saw the twin towers ablaze. as I watched the news casters doing reports of the mornings events tey should video of the planes crashing into the buildings. Then as I watched the first tower began to collapse. I remember the anchors did not at first realize that the towers were collpasing. I sat there on a stool in my kitchen turning to my roommate in disbelief saying "that building is falling down." The rest of the day all I did was watch television updates. I sat in my apartment in the middle of Ohio crying for the lose of so many innocent lives. I witnessed history on that day through the news media but I witnessed history really for the first time. My generation has never had to live through an event like this. I am really too young to remember the Gulf War and the impact it had on this country. This is the first time in my life that I watched an event unfold that I knew would change the entire fabric of this nation.

My life has not changed drastically since September 11th. I did not lose any friends or family members due to the terrorist attacks. The way my life has changed is that I have a greater pride in my country and I feel more greatly how wonderful it is to live here. I also appreciate my freedom more than I ever have before.

I think the most important thing to remember about Sept. 11th is the bravery of all those involved in the attacks. The people on the airlines and the people in the buildings who did all they could to survive. The fire fighters and police who ran into the buildings to try to help save people and all of the men and women who worked for months at ground zero to clean up the site and recover the bodies of those lost in the attacks.

I did fly an American flag after Sept. 11th and to this day still fly one. My feelings did not change about the flag because I always took great pride inthis symbol of my country. I was very proud to see so many people fly the flag and show a pride in thier country that they may never have felt before.