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2004-09-09

That tragic day started off as any other day for me. I made my way to Middle School, without a care in the world. I was the type of person who didn't watch the news, so there was no way for me to know until I got to school. Most of the students at school acted normal, but my first period teacher announced what happened that morning. I didn't think of it much, but I was shocked that it actually happened, and I thought about how brave people were that gave up their own lives to save others.

On September 11, I got a dose of reality. I no longer felt that things like terrorism will not happen in my life time. Even now, I feel something like this could happen again. When I got home from school that day and watched the news, I felt a strong hatred for the terrorists, but later on I became more interested in why it happened.

I think that all of the people that lost their lives should never be forgotten, especially the ones who died saving others.

As I think back to September 11, I remember that I was still in 8th grade. I think that I was too young to recognize nationalism. My father is Japanese, so he did not have a strong sense of American pride, so we did not put up a flag. Now, however, I think I should have put up a flag. Although I did not put one up, my feelings about the flag has changed. Since that day I felt that a flag was much more than just a flag.