story1451.xml

story1451.xml

born-digital

story

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2002-08-25

ok...It was actually very strange because I never listen to the radio in the morning, but that one morning I did. I don't know why. But I did. So my radio turns on and I'm listening. I expect music and talk radio, but I was hearing people saying what they did as soon as they heard about the world trade towers. so I'm like, 'huh?'. I walk into my mothers room and ask what happened to the world trade towers. She says "What, do you mean the bombing in '92?". I say, "No, what are they talking about on the radio then?" So we walk into the living room and turn on the TV. NBC is on with Katie Couric talking about what has happened. So we're like...huh? And we see what has happened. So were in Cali and have no clue that our country has just gone through. I was 12 and school started 4 days before. The doorbell rings. Its my best friend who lives across the street is there. She's ready for school. I'm still in my pajamas and I haven't event eaten breakfast yet. So I run to change my clothes grab a breakfast bar and run out the door without my homework. When we got off the bus, you could feel the energy of everyone. Half the school was there that day. And between classes no one was late. Everyone walked slowly to their classes. No one talked during lunch about anything else. That includes every single teenaged girl. You could feel the people talk around you. The next day everyone was wearing red, white and blue. If you could buy ribbon you would and it was no where to be found. My best friends mom bought car flags on the 12 and we sold them for $10 each(7 originally, 3 dollars donated for charity). We started with 100 and ended up with 13. Just in Manhattan Beach the support of 'Manhattan loves Manhattan'. It was really cool for everyone to just calm down even in LA. It was just amazing how much it takes for the world to slow down. Some many lives for us to realize the fortune of our own. It was horrific and I opened my eyes for other people and people looked back at me.