Everybody remembers where they were when they found out. They remember it like yesterday and it will be something they will never forget. Events like that will never escape your memory. It will forever be there, haunting.
i was in Mr. Means's (yes that was his real name and he was anything but mean) math class when it happened. We got called in for an assembly. The entire middle school was called in. i had no idea what was going on. Ms. Newman told us what had happened. It didn't hit me. I was 13 at the time and I didn't grasp the magnitude of the situation.
After we were dismissed from the assembly, I remember checkin CNN and reading what was going on. I was more naturally curious about what happened than shocked or anything else. I wasn't frightened at the time.
That night, all I did was watch the news. They told us that Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda were responsible for the attacks. They showed his face. Suddenly, I was filled with fear. It finally hit me. That night, I cried. I couldn't sleep. There was a feeling of helplessness, fear, and anger. This was my first real exposure to what terrorism is.
In many ways, it was the day I lost my innocence. I don't remember every moment of that day, but I will never forget how I felt.
10 years later, I'm still haunted by it. I look at the New York skyline and it seems empty. I had the chance to go to the World Trade Center, but we went to the Empire State Building instead. When I imagine what would have happened if we had gone there on the day of an attack, it makes chills go down my spine.
In memoriam, we all remember the events of that day, hoping that it never happened.
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