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2002-09-11

I was in seventh grade and changing from second to third period. This was approximately at 9:50 A.M. My friend, Kevin Kuhar, ran up to me and told me that two planes crashed into the Twin Towers. I was shocked and very confused. At first, I didn't want to believe it since on of my cousins work accross from the Twin Towers. He told my I would see it at Geography class.
My cousin, was working at a building accross from the Twin Towers. She was staring and admiring them, like she did every morning. Then the first plane came out of nowhere and crashed into the side of the tower. She immediately evacuated the building and left for home. She did not see the second plane hit the towers.

I think 9/11 definitely changed my life. I have a different perspective of life now. I definitely have more respect and pride towards my country that wasn't there before 9/11.

The unity of everyone definitely should be remembered about September 11. The firefighters who were on the scene and risked their lives for everyone inside the Towers should definitely be remembered. Also, the little miracles that occured on that day. I knew on person who was supposed to be at work at the World Trade Center but was at our school for some reason. One person jumped but only broke their legs. The last miracle I know of is where the alarm didn't work for someone who was supposed to work that day.

After September 11th my family flew the American flag on our car and on our house. Approximately 7 out of every ten cars you saw on the road had the American flag on their cars. We put the flag right above our garage on the afternoon of September 11th. It's been flying there ever since.
My feelings about the American flag has definitely changed! Before 9/11 when we said the "Pledge of Allegiance" everyone would usually mumble it out and wonder "Why do we do this every day. This is a waster of 2 minutes of education we could be getting."(2 minutes may not seem like a lot. But when you add the 2 minutes up to 180 days a year for eight years, that's a lot of education you are missing.)
Now everyone says the "Pledge of Allegiance" with pride that we live in the United States of America!