story766.xml
Title
story766.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-06-09
911DA Story: Story
September 11, 2001
I am fourteen years old and in 9th grade. I was in school on September 11, 2001. The day didn?t exactly start out normal because I woke up sick that morning and wasn?t going to go to school, but I decided to go anyways. I first heard from one of my friend s that two planes had crashed in to the New York City World Trade Towers. In gym class, we watched video clips and heard stories of the plane crashes. Then a few seconds later we heard about a plane hitting the Pentagon. Just watching the video clips made me feel even sicker than I already did. It was so weird seeing it happen. It was like I was there with it just watching and not being able to stop it, or it was some crazy movie that wasn?t real. Later we heard about the fourth crashing of a plane into the ground not too far away from Pittsburg Pennsylvania. When they said that the only thing that the terrorists had were box cutters and exacto knives it was almost like a joke. All of the people on three of the planes just couldn?t stop the terrorists. But then again if I was on that plane I would have been so scared I couldn?t move, let alone try to stop them. After they showed the clips a few more times they announced that Niagara Falls Air Force Base was on alert. The military personnel their had to go home and pack there bags then go straight back to work, because they were going some where top secret. That hit me hard and my eyes started to tear up because my Dad works at the base and he was going somewhere that I had no clue where he would be. I wouldn?t get to say bye to him, and I would have no clue if he was safe or not. That ended up being wrong though but I didn?t know that until I got home after school. My family and I ate dinner while watching the news, which is something our family never does. Afterwards my Dad told us all of the specifics as we watched the news again but he didn?t know much more than the news people did. I have to say that this terrorist attack definitely changed many individuals, families, friendships, and all of America. I want to say sorry to all of those who lost family and friends in this terrorist attack. Also a big thank you to God for keeping my family safe throughout this whole thing. I don?t think that all of the terrorist attacks are dome being planned, but I now have faith that we will be safe. Also I don?t think if there is another one it will be as big of a tragedy either. One thing I can say is that this terrorist attack has impacted America greatly. I think that one of its long term affects is that we grew closer as a nation. And I think we will always be!
I am fourteen years old and in 9th grade. I was in school on September 11, 2001. The day didn?t exactly start out normal because I woke up sick that morning and wasn?t going to go to school, but I decided to go anyways. I first heard from one of my friend s that two planes had crashed in to the New York City World Trade Towers. In gym class, we watched video clips and heard stories of the plane crashes. Then a few seconds later we heard about a plane hitting the Pentagon. Just watching the video clips made me feel even sicker than I already did. It was so weird seeing it happen. It was like I was there with it just watching and not being able to stop it, or it was some crazy movie that wasn?t real. Later we heard about the fourth crashing of a plane into the ground not too far away from Pittsburg Pennsylvania. When they said that the only thing that the terrorists had were box cutters and exacto knives it was almost like a joke. All of the people on three of the planes just couldn?t stop the terrorists. But then again if I was on that plane I would have been so scared I couldn?t move, let alone try to stop them. After they showed the clips a few more times they announced that Niagara Falls Air Force Base was on alert. The military personnel their had to go home and pack there bags then go straight back to work, because they were going some where top secret. That hit me hard and my eyes started to tear up because my Dad works at the base and he was going somewhere that I had no clue where he would be. I wouldn?t get to say bye to him, and I would have no clue if he was safe or not. That ended up being wrong though but I didn?t know that until I got home after school. My family and I ate dinner while watching the news, which is something our family never does. Afterwards my Dad told us all of the specifics as we watched the news again but he didn?t know much more than the news people did. I have to say that this terrorist attack definitely changed many individuals, families, friendships, and all of America. I want to say sorry to all of those who lost family and friends in this terrorist attack. Also a big thank you to God for keeping my family safe throughout this whole thing. I don?t think that all of the terrorist attacks are dome being planned, but I now have faith that we will be safe. Also I don?t think if there is another one it will be as big of a tragedy either. One thing I can say is that this terrorist attack has impacted America greatly. I think that one of its long term affects is that we grew closer as a nation. And I think we will always be!
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Citation
“story766.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed December 31, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/8057.