story3353.xml
Title
story3353.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-09-11
911DA Story: Story
By the time September came around, the temperature had been getting cold and my mood was rapidly declining, school had started not so long go, after all. I'm not too big on TV, so I hadn't watched the news that morning and hadn't heard anything about the tradgedy. On my way to school, I was half asleep, but the Radio was on and I heard occasional words from the news caster.
"Now it looks like the enitre city of Manhattan has been put on lock down." It caught my attention with a pang of curiosity, but I hadn't heard anything about it, so I didn't think it was important.
For the rest of the day I hear people in almost frantic frenzies talking to their friends or their teachers about what had happened. "Did you hear? The first tower has collapsed!" Tower? What tower? I didn't know, but now I knew something big was happening. I think it took until fifth period (Around 1:00) for me to finally figure it out. My spanish teacher turned on the TV and all of the stations were loop-playing the footage of the plane crashing into the North Tower.
Explosions and screams could be heard around the camera, who's opperator had begun to turn and run. It was horrible, but I still wasn't sure what it was. Maybe an accident, maybe the start of WWIII. All of the students were given a letter from the head of the district assuring everyone that it would be alright. In the letter, it told us exactly what had happened. Now I did know what was going on.
It was a horrible attack and I felt the essence of hatred toward those who could do such a thing, but I didn't know how bad it really was. The attacks on Columbine Highschool were closer and impacted me more at first. But the more I learned of the figures, 3000 deaths, so many lives impacted. The more I learned about the truth behind the attacks, the grotesque horror of the situation slowly became known.
For a long time, longer than most people, I didn't know what was going on, I was one of the only people. But once I did, I was brought to tears because I could do nothing. I felt horrible and hoped, I still do, that Justice would be served.
God bless America. Hold strong.
"Now it looks like the enitre city of Manhattan has been put on lock down." It caught my attention with a pang of curiosity, but I hadn't heard anything about it, so I didn't think it was important.
For the rest of the day I hear people in almost frantic frenzies talking to their friends or their teachers about what had happened. "Did you hear? The first tower has collapsed!" Tower? What tower? I didn't know, but now I knew something big was happening. I think it took until fifth period (Around 1:00) for me to finally figure it out. My spanish teacher turned on the TV and all of the stations were loop-playing the footage of the plane crashing into the North Tower.
Explosions and screams could be heard around the camera, who's opperator had begun to turn and run. It was horrible, but I still wasn't sure what it was. Maybe an accident, maybe the start of WWIII. All of the students were given a letter from the head of the district assuring everyone that it would be alright. In the letter, it told us exactly what had happened. Now I did know what was going on.
It was a horrible attack and I felt the essence of hatred toward those who could do such a thing, but I didn't know how bad it really was. The attacks on Columbine Highschool were closer and impacted me more at first. But the more I learned of the figures, 3000 deaths, so many lives impacted. The more I learned about the truth behind the attacks, the grotesque horror of the situation slowly became known.
For a long time, longer than most people, I didn't know what was going on, I was one of the only people. But once I did, I was brought to tears because I could do nothing. I felt horrible and hoped, I still do, that Justice would be served.
God bless America. Hold strong.
Collection
Citation
“story3353.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed January 15, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/6012.