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2003-08-30

September 11 was the slowest day of my life. My school was quiet about the "incident" but they couldn't tbe for long. I live about 10 miles from Baksdale Air force Base. I go to school less that 5 away and that is where President Bush decided he should address the country from. It is on of the safest military bases in the nation. I went to the bathroom and called my mom. I told her to call the school and to check me out so that I could go home because I wanted to see what was really going. My mom did as I asked and I went home. Within minutes I was in my back yard watching Air Force one Flying over my home. I got a calls from alot of younger people at school whos mom told them they could leave school, but they needed a ride. I drive a very small car. I made 16 trips that day and people came to my home on their own. Before it was all over I had 96 people in my house watching and waiting for the new anchors to say that everything was ok. We waited there for what seemed like ever. There were people stacked into every room of my 5 bedroom home. I asked my mom to get food for people on the way home. She didn't relize how many. I have never seen such an outpouring of love. I am one of those people who doesn't really fall into the typical High school catagory because I don't just have on group of friends. It was amazing to sit in own home and see the Head-cheerleader comfort the goth, or the biggest nerd in school comfort the school jock. My school is just a small example of what our country did. We put our diffrences aside and helped each other. I am glad that my home was a part of the bonding that happend on 9-11.

My life has changed in the fact that I am scared of what everyday might hold. I was just taking a test while over 5,00 lives were taken. I was just walking to my next class when I found out. I relize now that there are 365 days and there is the possibility that any of them can hold a tragedy.

Our country did something I will chersish forever. We put our diffences aside and bonded. I will always fell close to anyone who lived through 9-11.