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story10559.xml

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2004-04-27

I was taking the PSAT in my Study Hall class when my teacher turned on the television during one of our breaks. The first thing I saw was the twin towers with one of the towers bellowing smoke out of its side. I was apuled at what I saw. My teacher had to turn off the television so we could finish the remander of out testing. When I went to my next class a while later she (teacher) had the tv on and I saw that the second tower has been hit by another hijacked plane. Like two seconds after I saw that the second tower got hit I remembered my cousin was due home today and her plane left earlier that morning. I was so scared! All day our school tuned in to see what new information could possibly come up. It was the only day that every single one of our classmates would not say a word at all not even at lunch. All our faces had the same blank expression like we were all still shocked and trying to see if this all really happened. As soon as I could I called my mother to see weather or not she has been able to get a hole of my cousin.
The next day I was filled with tears of joy when I saw my cousin's car pull up in my drive way. For the rest of the day we sat at my house and watched the news to see how many people they could save. My cousin was telling me how one of the planes that crased in the tower was the same plane that docked at the same aport as she did .She said she talked to some of its passengers. She told me that this women told her all about her family. Her hushband and three kids. As she was talking to me I saw her eyes fill with tears thinking about those poor people who died.

I hope this story touches you. I will never forget it.