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2002-03-15

We had all just gotten into class. It was 8:55, the announcements came on early to tell everyone to come down to the gym where we would watch the live cnn coverage. When we got to the gym we all sat down in an orderly fashion. people were too busy wondering what was happening to not listen to the teachers. they turned on cnn and we all saw the north tower burning. all the teachers were wondering would the firefighters put it out? how long before that tower buckles? they all sat in despair, what was going on?
well at least this was it. that was all that would happen. the plane was probably on fire and it just collided with the tower right? that was all we could think, after all the tower was very tall, right? everyone in the school sat wondering why? what had happened? this was just an accident right?

It was 9:03a.m. we all looked up at the tower then we saw the plane.......this was....a second plane? what? and then
BOOM!!! we all saw the second plane go into the south tower of the world trade center. we all then knew, this was war. what is happening? why is this happening? who did this? then we all watched some were crying. people in grades 1 - 5
were taken to thier classes. teachers were greiving. we watched on. then we heard of a plane hitting the pentagon. people started panicing. would they attack Canada? we all were watching the world trade centers burn and the Pentagon burning then we saw the south tower collapse. the people in the gym were extatic. teachers were really worried. they thought this whole time that the firefighters would put it out. we were seeing the injured, people were jumping, people were walking around burned and caked in dust. there were papers and debris everywhere. we then all wondered and worried, would they save 1 world trade center? we then saw the pentagon again. it was burning really bad. cnn started to show the north tower burning again. then, after a while people started to calm down. They would put it out. it had no problem staying up for this whole time, they would save this one, right? yah they would save it. they would have to rebuild the south tower but they would save the north for sure. then the unthinkable happend, noone was prepared for what was about to happend, the north tower of the world trade center collapsed.
the principal came on the p.a. and said to keep U.S.A. in our prayers and that this was truly a day of infamy. people werent acting the same that day. some couldnt bare it at all.