story10816.xml

story10816.xml

born-digital

story

yes

no

2004-09-09

As I came out to my morning break a little after ten in the morning, I heard some people saying that the Pentagon had been bombed. I immediately went up and asked them about the claim that they were making. I could not believe that the Pentagon had been hit. In my mind something as fantastic as that could never have happened in my life time. The people that I talked too, though, was convinced that the Pentagon had been attacked. I wondered how the class I had been in when the attack had happened, did not hear about it, yet another class had. When I went back in to my next class both the teacher and students, in the class, were very solemn. I do not remember exactly but I am sure that many people were scared for there parents and other loved ones who worked in the Pentagon(this is because I live very near Washington DC). Later that day when I went over to my friend's house I found out about the Twin Towers falling. All I could do for at least thirty minutes is stare at the TV. After that, though, I got bored watching the same things over and over, and wanted to go do something else. Since the Pentagon was hit I was also afraid the building where my dad worked in DC would be hit. I was relieved when my dad came home safely. After the initial shock on September 11 I was not as emotional anymore, although every time I see images from it I get a little emotional.
I have realized that America is not as safe anymore. I have also seen that it is more possible that I could be killed in some type of an attack than ever before. I feel more of a pride now though because I have lived through a terrible event in our country's history that I can convey to future generations. I have also had to deal with more security at airports. I also can not get a real good view of the fireworks in Washington DC on the Fourth of July because the lawn is restricted to only military personel. Although for the most part my life has not really changed because I did not know anyone killed in the attacks and daily life has gone on much as before.
December 7, 1941 is very much like September 11. on both of these days America was caught off guard and thus suffured a lot. There were many causalties on both days and America entered conflicts as a result of both days. In both cases there was also intelligence that was not conveyed, thus cost this country a lot. The killing of the archduke of Austria that started World War I is also similar. This is because on both it and September 11 the acts were done by terriosts. Also in both cases the attacks were made because of wrongs the terriosts thought had been committed. In both cases the attacks were secretly planned and planned out really well. Also in both instances the terriosts were trying to accomplish their goals by making the attacks.