story8404.xml
Title
story8404.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-10-08
911DA Story: Story
SEPTEMBER 11, 2001
IT STILL SEEMS LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY, BUT IT WASENT. I ALWAYS REMEMBER, IT WAS A WEEK SINCE SCHOOL WAS IN SESSION FOR ME. I WAS IN THE 8TH GRADE AT THE TIME, AND MY PRINCIPLE CAME ON, AND TOLD TEACHERS NOT TO TURN ON THE ON THE TELIVISON. AT THAT TIME ME AND MY FRIENDS WERE WONDERING WHAT WAS UP. SO TWO HOURS LATER WE WERE AT LUNCH AND THE LUNCH LADY SAID TO ME THE WORLD TRADE CENTER WAS HIT BY TWO PLANES, AND I RAN TO MY CONSLURE. SHE HAD NO CLUE WAT WAS GOING ON, UNTIL FINALLY GOT HOME AND MY FAMILY WAS AROUND THE TELIVISON CRYING. SO AN HOUR LATER I CALLED UP MY FRIEND AND SHE SAID THAT HER FRIENDS FATHER (KENNITH WALDIE)WAS ON FLIGHT 11, THE FIRST PLANE THAT HIT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER. I CRYED. NOT ONLY WAS MY FRIENDS,FRIEND FATHER DIE ON FLIGHT 11, BUT THE CAPTIAN OF FLIGHT 11 LIVING TWO TOWNS AWAY IN DRACUT. I WAS SO SAD, EVERYNIGHT I HAVE CRYED. IN LATE JANUARY OF THIS YEAR I WENT TO THE SITE IT WAS HORRIBLE AND HAD A SMEEL OF WHAT SEEMED TO SMELL LIKE DEAD BODIES AND METAL. THEN ONCE AGAIN I WENT IN AUGUSET, IT CHANGED SO MUCH BUT I CRYED EVEN MORE. AS THE DAYS GO ON I HEAL MORE AND MORE BUT I WILL NEVER RECOVER, AND IM SURE MILLIONS WILL NEVER EITHER BUT I KNOW WE ARE ALL ALIKE. TODAY IM IN THE 9TH GRADE, AND GO TO SCHOOL WITH KENNITH WALDIES SON,DAUGHTER,AND WIFE.SINCE 9/11 ME AND ANY PERSON THAT I KNOW NEVER TAkE ANYTHING FOR GRANITE. I KNOW THIS WORLD WILL BE NEVER THE SAME, AND AS MY CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN GROW OLDER I WANT THEM TO ALWAYS TAKE NOTHING FOR GRANITE. I WILL ALSO TELL THEM THAT DAD, OR GRANDPA WAS ALIVE DURING THAT HORIFFIC DAY. I PRAY FOR THE WORLD AND EVERYTHING THAT REVOLVES AROUND 9/11. I LOVE THE U.S.A AND AM PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN.
IT STILL SEEMS LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY, BUT IT WASENT. I ALWAYS REMEMBER, IT WAS A WEEK SINCE SCHOOL WAS IN SESSION FOR ME. I WAS IN THE 8TH GRADE AT THE TIME, AND MY PRINCIPLE CAME ON, AND TOLD TEACHERS NOT TO TURN ON THE ON THE TELIVISON. AT THAT TIME ME AND MY FRIENDS WERE WONDERING WHAT WAS UP. SO TWO HOURS LATER WE WERE AT LUNCH AND THE LUNCH LADY SAID TO ME THE WORLD TRADE CENTER WAS HIT BY TWO PLANES, AND I RAN TO MY CONSLURE. SHE HAD NO CLUE WAT WAS GOING ON, UNTIL FINALLY GOT HOME AND MY FAMILY WAS AROUND THE TELIVISON CRYING. SO AN HOUR LATER I CALLED UP MY FRIEND AND SHE SAID THAT HER FRIENDS FATHER (KENNITH WALDIE)WAS ON FLIGHT 11, THE FIRST PLANE THAT HIT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER. I CRYED. NOT ONLY WAS MY FRIENDS,FRIEND FATHER DIE ON FLIGHT 11, BUT THE CAPTIAN OF FLIGHT 11 LIVING TWO TOWNS AWAY IN DRACUT. I WAS SO SAD, EVERYNIGHT I HAVE CRYED. IN LATE JANUARY OF THIS YEAR I WENT TO THE SITE IT WAS HORRIBLE AND HAD A SMEEL OF WHAT SEEMED TO SMELL LIKE DEAD BODIES AND METAL. THEN ONCE AGAIN I WENT IN AUGUSET, IT CHANGED SO MUCH BUT I CRYED EVEN MORE. AS THE DAYS GO ON I HEAL MORE AND MORE BUT I WILL NEVER RECOVER, AND IM SURE MILLIONS WILL NEVER EITHER BUT I KNOW WE ARE ALL ALIKE. TODAY IM IN THE 9TH GRADE, AND GO TO SCHOOL WITH KENNITH WALDIES SON,DAUGHTER,AND WIFE.SINCE 9/11 ME AND ANY PERSON THAT I KNOW NEVER TAkE ANYTHING FOR GRANITE. I KNOW THIS WORLD WILL BE NEVER THE SAME, AND AS MY CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN GROW OLDER I WANT THEM TO ALWAYS TAKE NOTHING FOR GRANITE. I WILL ALSO TELL THEM THAT DAD, OR GRANDPA WAS ALIVE DURING THAT HORIFFIC DAY. I PRAY FOR THE WORLD AND EVERYTHING THAT REVOLVES AROUND 9/11. I LOVE THE U.S.A AND AM PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN.
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Citation
“story8404.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed December 15, 2025, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/8895.