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2002-08-27

I hopped out of the shower that morning only to hear chaos and dismay being projected from my TV, being a high school teacher, I listened as I got prepared for school. No one knew that it was intentional at that point I was floored at this unfortunate accident, but proceeded to go to work. By the time I got into my car the 2nd plane struck, at this point the writing was on the wall...terrorism had struck...this was no accident. As a US History teacher I knew this was this was unique in that we were actually attacked on our home soil, a thought many believed would never happen...The 15 minutes it took me to get to school that morning seemed to take a lifetime, as I arrived in school I mentally prepared myself to be strong and assure the students we were safe...but were we, I couldn't say. I was outraged but at the same time scared... for myself , my students and moreso America. Could this be the Apocolypse, a beginning of the end???? I sat the entire day staring at the TV in utter amazement, trying to find something to say to make it alright, to comfort my students, I found nothing to fill this void. In my classroom that day I instructed every pupil to do nothing more than sit down and realize from this point on things in America would never be the same. Still to this day I think back to this tragic day and I am speechless at times, angry at others. It is with these emotions my students and I have constructed a memorial on our campus to help ourselves and also to never forget the travesty that occurred on September 11th. United We Must Stand, and never let our memory fade.