story761.xml
Title
story761.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-06-07
911DA Story: Story
Ben Dominski Global
5/29/02 Final Project
9/11 Project
On September 11th, it was a bright and normal day at Barker before the terrible tragedy took place. I was in school at Mr. Olsen?s 3rd period study hall when I heard the bad news that took place in New York City at 8:48 a.m.
Out of the four planes that were hijacked, three hit their targets and caused about 3,200 deaths. The flights that hit their targets were Flight 11, which crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center at 8:48. Then Flight 175 crashed into the south tower at 9:03. Flight 77 hit the Pentagon at 9:45. The other plane crashed into a field in Somerset County, Pennsylvania 80 miles away from Pittsburgh at 10:10.
After we turned on the television, I watched in horror as the south tower collapsed at 9:59, then at 10:10 I watched part of the Pentagon collapse. The last thing I saw was the north tower collapsing at 10:28 during my 4th period class. All I thought about as I watched the towers collapse was all the people that were killed and their families that will never see them again. I also was thinking who could murder so many people and be happy about it?
As the day went on I tried to think about other things so I didn?t have to think about the tragedy. In all my classes none of the teachers wanted to teach, they just gave us a free day. Everyone watched the news as the news anchor gave us the latest information on the terrorist attack. It was then that I knew that this would be an event that my generation will come to always remember.
When I went home I saw the misery in my parents eyes as they watched the news for hope that the rescue team might find people that were still alive and for the United States to find out who caused so much misery and so much death. That was the first day that I actually wanted to watch the news so I could see for myself who did this. After about an hour of watching the news they still didn?t find out who caused so much pain. I went up to my room to be alone and think.
About a half hour later my mom came up and told me that they found out who did it. I went down stairs to see what was going on and the news was saying Osama bin Laden had planned the attack. Weeks later as I watched American planes dropping bombs I thought how could the United States kill innocent civilians in cold blood.
The attack on America has changed my life by I don?t have the same sense of security that I once had. Knowing that another attack or the same thing could happen again has made me more cautious. The attack has also made me proud to be an American.
5/29/02 Final Project
9/11 Project
On September 11th, it was a bright and normal day at Barker before the terrible tragedy took place. I was in school at Mr. Olsen?s 3rd period study hall when I heard the bad news that took place in New York City at 8:48 a.m.
Out of the four planes that were hijacked, three hit their targets and caused about 3,200 deaths. The flights that hit their targets were Flight 11, which crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center at 8:48. Then Flight 175 crashed into the south tower at 9:03. Flight 77 hit the Pentagon at 9:45. The other plane crashed into a field in Somerset County, Pennsylvania 80 miles away from Pittsburgh at 10:10.
After we turned on the television, I watched in horror as the south tower collapsed at 9:59, then at 10:10 I watched part of the Pentagon collapse. The last thing I saw was the north tower collapsing at 10:28 during my 4th period class. All I thought about as I watched the towers collapse was all the people that were killed and their families that will never see them again. I also was thinking who could murder so many people and be happy about it?
As the day went on I tried to think about other things so I didn?t have to think about the tragedy. In all my classes none of the teachers wanted to teach, they just gave us a free day. Everyone watched the news as the news anchor gave us the latest information on the terrorist attack. It was then that I knew that this would be an event that my generation will come to always remember.
When I went home I saw the misery in my parents eyes as they watched the news for hope that the rescue team might find people that were still alive and for the United States to find out who caused so much misery and so much death. That was the first day that I actually wanted to watch the news so I could see for myself who did this. After about an hour of watching the news they still didn?t find out who caused so much pain. I went up to my room to be alone and think.
About a half hour later my mom came up and told me that they found out who did it. I went down stairs to see what was going on and the news was saying Osama bin Laden had planned the attack. Weeks later as I watched American planes dropping bombs I thought how could the United States kill innocent civilians in cold blood.
The attack on America has changed my life by I don?t have the same sense of security that I once had. Knowing that another attack or the same thing could happen again has made me more cautious. The attack has also made me proud to be an American.
Collection
Citation
“story761.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed January 11, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/6302.