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2002-10-02

On September 11, 2001 I woke up to what I thought was just another day. Unknown to me, this day would prove to be one of the darkest days of U.S. history. What I remember most about September 11th was staring at the T.V. not believing what I was seeing right in front of my eyes. I was in shock, it was all so surreal. What made what happened really sink in was hearing on the news about the horrendous number of lives lost and the huge number of people who were still missing. On that one day thousands of people lost family members. In the days following the attack, Americans slowly began to realize that what was attacked was our way of life. In the weeks and months after the attack America united and grew stronger than ever before. We showed our attackers that America would not take an attack lying down. We raised money for the families of victims, we boosted our economy, but most importantly, we drew together as a nation like never before. The is a popular saying that states, " What doesn't kill us only makes us stronger." The September 11th attacks didn't kill America as the attackes hoped, it made us even stronger and ready to defend againist anything or anyone that threatens our nation or our way of life.


America will move on, but we will NEVER forget.