nmah4134.xml
Title
nmah4134.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-09-11
NMAH Story: Story
September 11th was one of the most tragic days I can remember.
It started as a usually day at school. I was in 8th grade and in first period at the time it happened My teacher told us that she was going to put the news on for us. We didn't know why she was doing it. She told us that we should all promise not to tell anyone or they might get scared. We all agreed. She turned on the TV and there it was, the first tower englulfed in flames. As I watched people running for theor lives, I thought, "Who would do such a thing?" The smoke from the building was the blackest I have ever seen. Papers and documents were floating down everywhere. Pieces of bot the plane and the building were falling on people down below. We watched this until the period was over. As the bell rang, the class left with a terrifying look on their faces.As I left the room I couldn't help but tell everyone. As he day ended we all got on our bus. All everyone was talking about was the towers and who did it. As I got off the bus, I ran all the way home. When i walked in my family's eyes were stuck on the TV. I witnessed nothing other than the first building falling as I walked in. As I wayched i realized how everyone came together as ONE. People of every background were helping. Although people of every background were dieing. As I watched that first tower fall, A shiver went down my back. I was so scared that something worse would happen. Scared that this might be the end, thinking to myself, "If I should go out ever again?" Once the sencond tower fell, I figured that whoever did this just started a new war. A new kind of society.
I was right. People were afraid to come out of their homes. The world changed too. Never in my life have I seen the Air Force have to patroll the skies. In the end, over 30,000 people died. Many family lost friends or even family of their own. Now everyone has come on September 11, 2002, to grieve on which two towers fell just one year ago. This day will never be forgotten.
It started as a usually day at school. I was in 8th grade and in first period at the time it happened My teacher told us that she was going to put the news on for us. We didn't know why she was doing it. She told us that we should all promise not to tell anyone or they might get scared. We all agreed. She turned on the TV and there it was, the first tower englulfed in flames. As I watched people running for theor lives, I thought, "Who would do such a thing?" The smoke from the building was the blackest I have ever seen. Papers and documents were floating down everywhere. Pieces of bot the plane and the building were falling on people down below. We watched this until the period was over. As the bell rang, the class left with a terrifying look on their faces.As I left the room I couldn't help but tell everyone. As he day ended we all got on our bus. All everyone was talking about was the towers and who did it. As I got off the bus, I ran all the way home. When i walked in my family's eyes were stuck on the TV. I witnessed nothing other than the first building falling as I walked in. As I wayched i realized how everyone came together as ONE. People of every background were helping. Although people of every background were dieing. As I watched that first tower fall, A shiver went down my back. I was so scared that something worse would happen. Scared that this might be the end, thinking to myself, "If I should go out ever again?" Once the sencond tower fell, I figured that whoever did this just started a new war. A new kind of society.
I was right. People were afraid to come out of their homes. The world changed too. Never in my life have I seen the Air Force have to patroll the skies. In the end, over 30,000 people died. Many family lost friends or even family of their own. Now everyone has come on September 11, 2002, to grieve on which two towers fell just one year ago. This day will never be forgotten.
NMAH Story: Life Changed
NMAH Story: Remembered
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Citation
“nmah4134.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed November 25, 2024, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/46331.