Christina N.

9-11 Summary

Hour. 3rd

911

September 11,01

It started off like a typical school day. I was tired, and crabby and just wanted to go home just like every other day. My day was not going well, when I got to school I had to drag myself to first hour, slumping away in my chair I drifted off to sleep listening to another boring lecture. I was rudely awaken by the bell and knew this was going to be another long day. I visited with friends and scurried to second hour, in a huff I sat down and started with my work. But then in a panic one of my classmates flew in and flicked on the television and put it on CNN. All I got out of people was bombing, and war, and had no idea what was going on, I wanted to speak out and say " Hey what in the world is going on" But I didn't want to sound like an idiot so I sat back in my seat and watched the monitor. Finally after watching for about five minutes it hit me. On the bottom of the screen it said "America Attacked".

I still sat in my seat confused wondering why this was happening to us and while sitting there I watched as the second building hit. It was unbelievable what I saw that day, like something out of the movies but only this was reality. The whole class just sat there in a trance as we sat around the TV, not knowing what to say we sat in silence. The bell rang and the day went on, as traveling through the halls I caught every conversation while walking by. Some people were crying, some were still in shock, others it didn't seem to faze, and then there were the people who ran around finding it one big joke yelling out " we're all going to die." In third hour we didn't even bother with work, we sat in class and discussed what was going on. While we sat there in conversation some of the things people were saying hit me like a ton of bricks. Thinking of all the lives that were lost, the families, the children, and then it came down to us, what if this did go to war, what about our brothers, other family members?

My head was just one big cloud, fluttered with everything, I didn't speak a word throughout the day. The thought of everything sent chills down my spine, and gave me butterflies in my stomach. Once I left school I came home to a very upset mother. She was in a frantic faze at the time, thinking about my Aunt and Uncle that lived in Washington D.C., thinking that it was close to them, and worried sick of what are nation was coming to. I just wanted to go in my room and forgot about the whole thing, but it seemed impossible, every time you flicked on the TV that was all you heard, you turned on the radio and it was the same stuff, its like you couldn't escape. But that was exactly correct, you couldn't just forget about what happened on this day. September eleventh 2001 will always be a part of our history and will always be in our hearts: we will always think of the ones we lost and the lives that we're so courageous to go out and do there best to help.

On September eleventh our nation grew stronger, and are still going strong, even though the heartache will always remain with us, we'll also remember how are nation worked together to hold on and have faith in what was to come. To me I'll never forget this day, I will always remember the way I felt when I first heard the news. This day will always be in my heart, and my love goes out to all the lives we lost and are overseas right now as we speak defending our nation. I just pray that we will get over and done with all this nonsense and get on with our lives, even though they may never be the same!