story742.xml
Title
story742.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-06-07
911DA Story: Story
Paul Hallows Global Studies
5/24/02 911 digital archive
On September 11 2001, I was in school when my teacher Mrs. Capen received a telephone call. After she was off the telephone she turned on the television. My class saw one of the World Trade Center burning. Then, out of the blue coming across the screen there was another plane flying toward the second World Trade Center. The plane hit the World Trade Center and they blew up in flames. The World Trade Center was burning through out the top floors. When that took place I thought about my family and my friends that where near the World Trade Center or in them.
At first when she got the phone call I thought it was a prank. Then when I knew in my next period class that it was no prank. I saw the World Trade Centers collapse and tumble down. I was shocked when I heard some one survived from a high floor. It was amazing what I saw and noticed for the first time. I felt sorry that some families lost their family members. In the beginning I thought that who ever did this that they should be punished severely. After awhile I thought it through a little more and said that if we kill innocent people we would be sinking down to their level. I figure that if we sink down to their level that we are just like them. I am glad that we tried to help the innocent people that were in Afghanistan. Now if we had to kill some innocent people to get the one who ordered that terrorist attack then that is what we had to do. Still there is no excuse for killing innocent people if we don't have to. The President will do what is necessary for the good of America. I like the President's decision to help the Afghanistan people get away from Osama bin Laden. I was wondering if there is ever going to be peace through out the known world. With the way people act in different countries I think not. If the people in other countries would stop thinking we are against them and start to think that everyone is equal and no one is higher or lower in the human race then maybe, just maybe, we would have peace through out the world. I think that once we accomplish that then we might not have any more wars.
The people of other countries might just realize that the rights we have in America are entitled to everyone and only guaranteed by the type of government chosen by the people. Osama bin Laden has made some terrible mistakes and should be punished for them but still he does not deserve to die. It will take some time to catch bin Laden, to bring him to justice but I'm not saying that we won't get him. You know that there is no one that knows that land better then Osama bin Laden and his soldiers. My reaction to September eleventh was very shocking. My whole school was expressing the shock of the plane crashes the same way I did. I'm not sure if they still feel that way or not but I know I don't feel that we should kill Osama bin Laden when we catch him or if we catch him. When the planes crashed I felt that the people who lost family members should have the right to beat Osama bin Laden out of his mind. I mean just think if you lost a family member would you want to hurt or even kill the one who did that to them.
5/24/02 911 digital archive
On September 11 2001, I was in school when my teacher Mrs. Capen received a telephone call. After she was off the telephone she turned on the television. My class saw one of the World Trade Center burning. Then, out of the blue coming across the screen there was another plane flying toward the second World Trade Center. The plane hit the World Trade Center and they blew up in flames. The World Trade Center was burning through out the top floors. When that took place I thought about my family and my friends that where near the World Trade Center or in them.
At first when she got the phone call I thought it was a prank. Then when I knew in my next period class that it was no prank. I saw the World Trade Centers collapse and tumble down. I was shocked when I heard some one survived from a high floor. It was amazing what I saw and noticed for the first time. I felt sorry that some families lost their family members. In the beginning I thought that who ever did this that they should be punished severely. After awhile I thought it through a little more and said that if we kill innocent people we would be sinking down to their level. I figure that if we sink down to their level that we are just like them. I am glad that we tried to help the innocent people that were in Afghanistan. Now if we had to kill some innocent people to get the one who ordered that terrorist attack then that is what we had to do. Still there is no excuse for killing innocent people if we don't have to. The President will do what is necessary for the good of America. I like the President's decision to help the Afghanistan people get away from Osama bin Laden. I was wondering if there is ever going to be peace through out the known world. With the way people act in different countries I think not. If the people in other countries would stop thinking we are against them and start to think that everyone is equal and no one is higher or lower in the human race then maybe, just maybe, we would have peace through out the world. I think that once we accomplish that then we might not have any more wars.
The people of other countries might just realize that the rights we have in America are entitled to everyone and only guaranteed by the type of government chosen by the people. Osama bin Laden has made some terrible mistakes and should be punished for them but still he does not deserve to die. It will take some time to catch bin Laden, to bring him to justice but I'm not saying that we won't get him. You know that there is no one that knows that land better then Osama bin Laden and his soldiers. My reaction to September eleventh was very shocking. My whole school was expressing the shock of the plane crashes the same way I did. I'm not sure if they still feel that way or not but I know I don't feel that we should kill Osama bin Laden when we catch him or if we catch him. When the planes crashed I felt that the people who lost family members should have the right to beat Osama bin Laden out of his mind. I mean just think if you lost a family member would you want to hurt or even kill the one who did that to them.
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“story742.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed December 27, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/7658.