story3689.xml
Title
story3689.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-09-11
911DA Story: Story
"One of the twin towers has been hit. Turn on your TV." This news seemed to shatter my innocent young world. As I stared at the television in disbelief, I felt like I was watching some Hollywood movie. "Was this really happening in my country?" I thought we were indestructible." Suddenly to my amassment, I watched as the secound tower was hit. Even though I saw the sight through someone's camera, the scene was real, those were real people, and all I could think of doing was crying. No one I knew worked in those buildings, but yet I was amazed by the magnitude of the destruction and the lose of life. But there is still time for more people to... The South Tower came crashing to the ground. Now it was up to the emergency crew to rescue as many people as they could. Around 10:29 am the North Tower fell. The 110-story buildings were diminished into dust. By now, the word American, took up a new meaning.
Before I knew it, the Pentagon was struck and another plane crashed into a field in Pennsylvania, my home state. The acts that seemed to begin as an accident were actually part of someone's plan. "Who would do such a thing? What was this person thinking?"
One year later, I am still shocked when I see pictures. Just one month before the attack, I was near the Twin Towers. Last May 11, 2001, I visited ground zero. That area had changed, New York had changed, Americans in general changed. Also in May, I visited Washington D.C. on a class trip. Being an American really made me feel proud. I was living in a country where people were really free and where terorists cannot destroy the spirit that keeps it a live.
As I participated in the memorial service at the football stadium, I looked around and saw people that I know that are firemen. Many of them knew someone who was in the attack or that helped to clean it up. During the moment of silence, I thought about the parent-less children, the parents that lost their son and/or daughter, and the people of America that helped pull our country back on it's feet. People may try to destroy America but it's citizens are determined to fight to save the country that they believe in.
Before I knew it, the Pentagon was struck and another plane crashed into a field in Pennsylvania, my home state. The acts that seemed to begin as an accident were actually part of someone's plan. "Who would do such a thing? What was this person thinking?"
One year later, I am still shocked when I see pictures. Just one month before the attack, I was near the Twin Towers. Last May 11, 2001, I visited ground zero. That area had changed, New York had changed, Americans in general changed. Also in May, I visited Washington D.C. on a class trip. Being an American really made me feel proud. I was living in a country where people were really free and where terorists cannot destroy the spirit that keeps it a live.
As I participated in the memorial service at the football stadium, I looked around and saw people that I know that are firemen. Many of them knew someone who was in the attack or that helped to clean it up. During the moment of silence, I thought about the parent-less children, the parents that lost their son and/or daughter, and the people of America that helped pull our country back on it's feet. People may try to destroy America but it's citizens are determined to fight to save the country that they believe in.
Collection
Citation
“story3689.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed January 15, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/6909.