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2002-09-25

That morrining i wokr up thinking it would be like any other borring day @ school. when i got there no one knew nothing( at least i didnt) i went about to me 1st period class and switched to my 3rd period when we got there everone was calm like nothin was different then out of no where a teacher came on the intercom saying that school was the safest place to be and that everything was under control everyone looked @ one another like okay what was that for she advised teahcers to turn on their tv set rite when my teacher turned the tv on the image of the second plane hitting the WTC was shown i was in shock the call went silent and just listened to the new and what was going on at first no one really understood why someone would do this but as we listened on we got it. cassmates of mine started crying and middle estern children started to whisper no one knew why this was happening when i heard that a 3rd plane had crashed into the pentagon i ran out the class to call my dad thet bell rung and everything went crazy kid running around crying like i had never seen before i ran to the ofice and it only got worse all the phones were tied up i need to call my dad he worked in dc and there were saying how another plane might hit dc so i started to cry as i waited in line to use the phone i thought about how many moms and das were in those buildings and on those planes and how horrible those children must feel to see there parents dying and not be able to do anyting then i thought about what would happen if somthing were to happen to my dad and i lost him just like i lost my mom i cried even more my turn came and i called my fathers cell phone no conection i called my grandma crying thinking something happend to him she assured me that he was okay he had called her hes on his way i felt relif on my part but just seeing eveyone run out crying made me feel bad again i went about my day as normal as posible my dad picked me up eraly and i gave him the biggest hug soo happy to see him when we got home all we did was pray and pray that that was the last of it and we coudl move on and focus on punnishing all those who hellped these horrible things happen. i cant say i didnt feel anger anger twards the taliban people and twards the us i still to this day dont understand how such a powerful country not have prevented this so manny lives gone. my heart goes out to everyone who was personaly affected by the attacks . this is how i will always remeber
september 11, 2001.