story2686.xml

story2686.xml

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2002-09-11

I walk into class like any other day and walks in a kid that is pretty smart and says "an airplane crashed into one of the trade center towers." I didn't belive him because our teacher didn't make a big deal about it either, but then the intercome comes on and tells us it really happened. Our teacher turns on the tv and on news 4 a building in New York was on fire. I thought it was all a dream. We kept watching and then it shows the Pentagon on fire. Later I learned that if my Uncle had gone in to work that day he would have died. Then on the tv it shows a plane in the ground in Pennsylvania. I couldnt believe what was going on, planes are crashing everywhere and I'm just sitting and watching it all happen.
Once I got home it was all over the news like it should be but I sat and watched the tv all night long and really understood what happened. I was confused about why someone would really want to do this. Why someone would want to attack America.