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2002-09-12

On the day of September 11th, 2001 I was sitting in the gym of Fairfax High School talking to my friends and catching up on my homework. Suddenly my friend runs up to our class and says dramatically, "America's under attack". Of course, no one believed him and we all just went about our business. Then another teacher in the gym said, "No he's right, we are." We all rushed to our Athletic Director's office to watch the TV he kept there. The teachers had it turned onto CNN. We were, to say the least, shocked. We were scared for our lives and the lives of everyone elses. As I watched the one world trade center burn, I suddenly saw a plane flying uncomfortably close to the other tower and then crashed into it with a huge explosion. "This isn't happening" we all told ourselves. For the rest of the day that's all everyone could talk about. The worst part of it was that I have friends with parents who live in the Pentagon and of course they were all hysterical. All afternoon kids were getting notes from the office informing them that their parents were ok. The day was a horrifing experience and I hope our country will not have to go through such a terrible loss as they did on September 11th, 2001