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nmah3029.xml

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2002-09-11

It seemd like just another ordinary day morning, and I had the TV on as I was getting ready for school. Then all of a sudden the local news went to a breking story that an airplane had crashed into one of the towers of the World Trade Center. At first the news anchors seemed to have no real sense of urgency,and gave no real details on the matter, so I figured it was just some small Cessna or commuter jet of that sort. Then about a short while after the local stations swicth to the national news, and the horrible sight of a second plane hitting the other tower unfolded before me. Then it all seemed so real, after they showed the actual footed of the plane crashing. The whole morning I stay glued to the one television the was showing news coverage at our school, as the newscasters speculated in disbeief at what had just occured. However, the most horrid point of the coverage came as the mighty towers collasped in that plume of concete and ash, that sight I will never forget. The rest of the day at school I was alert, hoping to hear of any further news, as we all tried to cope with the madness of what had unfolded. For the rest of the day and week I watched the news and like all realized that this is the first truly defining moment in history that I as a teenager have ever witnessed.

Yes, I do believe that my life has changed following the events of September 11, 2001. Although it happened seemingly a world away, in a place I have never been, it still seems so close. It has shown me that my country is not invonerable, that the the sense apathy towards foreign conflict can no longer sustain itself since we ourself have been the target of this conflict on our own soil.

It think that we should keep in mind that fact that we can no longer living in the dream that just because we are in America does not make us invonerable. We should also remember those who lost their lives that day, as well as the families that they left behind. The innocent people who were trapped in the collapsing towers and the emergcy crews who lost their lives to save so many others should never be forgotten.

Yes, we did fly an American flag after the events of September 11th. However, it do not think that the events changed changed the values that are incorperted into the flag, it just strengthened our need to show those values by flying the flag.