story7720.xml
Title
story7720.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-09-17
911DA Story: Story
September 11, 2001, a day when more than 6,000 people lost their lives in a flash due to terrorist actions. This event is the most tragic event ever, since the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Not only did the terrorist kill innocent civilians, but also left a great big scar in New York and Washington as they drove planes straight into the World Trait Center and the Pentagon. A few minutes later, the media aired the whole tragedy as people around the world watched the Pentagon explode, and the twin towers collapse.
When this whole thing happened, I sat in my first period class uninformed about what was going on. I began to proceed to my normal schedule and went straight to 4th period. In the middle of class, the principle made an announcement saying we were under terrorist attack. I had no clue what he was talking about because my teacher didn't turn on the television. As I walked into my 5th period class, my teacher was sitting in front of the television with five other students who came to class early. I walked up to see what they were watching and the second i laid my eyes on the T.V, I saw one of the towers collapse.
From 5th period on, all of my teachers threw out their lesson plans for the day, and left the news on the whole period. My classmates and I watched the planes crash into the buildings over and over as they replayed the footage many times. I began to worry that another terrorist attack was going to occur any second. The next day I stayed home, still shocked at what happened.
September 11, 2001, was a day of infamy. Even a year after the incident, I fear that another attack will soon come. Now that the United States retaliated, our chance of World War III has increased. Due to this retaliation, the controversy is whether war permanently ends our problems or causes the lives of more and more people to be lost for...
When this whole thing happened, I sat in my first period class uninformed about what was going on. I began to proceed to my normal schedule and went straight to 4th period. In the middle of class, the principle made an announcement saying we were under terrorist attack. I had no clue what he was talking about because my teacher didn't turn on the television. As I walked into my 5th period class, my teacher was sitting in front of the television with five other students who came to class early. I walked up to see what they were watching and the second i laid my eyes on the T.V, I saw one of the towers collapse.
From 5th period on, all of my teachers threw out their lesson plans for the day, and left the news on the whole period. My classmates and I watched the planes crash into the buildings over and over as they replayed the footage many times. I began to worry that another terrorist attack was going to occur any second. The next day I stayed home, still shocked at what happened.
September 11, 2001, was a day of infamy. Even a year after the incident, I fear that another attack will soon come. Now that the United States retaliated, our chance of World War III has increased. Due to this retaliation, the controversy is whether war permanently ends our problems or causes the lives of more and more people to be lost for...
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Citation
“story7720.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed December 18, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/7323.