story10425.xml

story10425.xml

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2004-02-07

Hi. I am 16 years old but when this happen i was a freshmen in high school. the day started out great it was my english teachers birthday she went down to the office to get flowers form her future husband but then she came back in with a confuse look on her face.... she was like a plane crashed into the world trade center. we all thought she was joking but she wasnt. at that time i didnt exactly know what building was wtc i thought the twin towers and wtc were tow completely different buildings. In 1999 i went to nyc with my class i took this beatuiful picture of a america flag at the statue of liberty cuz i thought it was so beatuful. when i look back at the pic on that tragic day i notice something in every pic of that america flag i took a pic of there was the twin towers in the background. it jsut made me cry. back to where i was. so i go on to 3rd period.... thats when it really hit it. my physical science teacher was crying like i have never seen anyone cry before. she turned the radio on thats when it really hit me hard. then 4th period came around and my amth teacher refuse to talk about it then my science teacher 4 th period class came into my class because she couldnt stop crying. so we all stay in 4th period until lunch. all day i was like whats going on they wouldnt let us wathc the tv. then once school was over i had volleyball practice. then my mom picked me up and we went to go get water and etc. thats when i saw pics of what happen. i never got real congrage to actually look at the pics of poeple jumping out of windows. and still to this day i have not seen all the pics of waht happen that day. i dont know if i will ever have the courage. Everytime i hear enya only time i get cchills. but i have become more patrotic than ever. hopefully when i start a family in the future my kids we never have to go thru what i day that day.