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2002-05-27

We were in Speech class doing our vocabulary words for our next chapter when a teacher from down the hall rushed in and told us about the first attack. We were all saddened of course, thinking it was a freak accident. When the teacher came back and told us the 2nd tower was hit and that it was terrorism we were shocked even more. Our speech teacher told us to have a class discussion about the suspects and causes while she had "something to do." Some made jokes not knowing the seriousness of the situation, remember we haven't seen the video yet. One said Bill Clinton did it. There were many rumors flying around. I had heard that the Sears Tower in Chicago was leveled. It seemed to us that whoever did this was going after all of the big cities. Then when we heard of the crash in Pennsylvania we started to fear for our lives. We live 100 miles north of New Orleans.. what if New Orleans was a target?? Then in second period the principal came on the speakerphone and said that coverage of the attacks could be found on their tv's in the room. Well I had Chemistry 2nd period and we didnt have a tv in the lab. We went into a nearby classroom. We saw the attacks and it was deathly quiet in the room. I was sitting near the foriegn exchange students and they were really hit hard. Just think.. they were so exited to come to America and this happens while they are here. I fealt really sorry for one really nice, sweet girl from Uzbekistan. She was riding her bus to school and someone took out their anger on her. One more thing, my speech teacher that had "something to take care of." has a brother that worked in the Pentagon. The plane hit where his office was located. Luckily he was running late that day and wasn't in his office.