Today is the 5th anniversary of September 11th. It is a sad day for mourning for the ones who didn’t survive the terrorist attacks. It is probably a more sad day for some, especially the loved ones of those whose lives were lost. I read a lot of stories and each one is a tragedy. It doesn’t even seem like that long ago that it had happened. I remember it like it was yesterday. I was in 8th grade. The day seemed so chaotic, even though every student in my middle school had no clue of what had happened. The faculty had decided to keep it a “secret” from the students because a lot of the parents at our school worked in New York City and they didn’t want the kids to worry I guess. My mom had come home early and she had the TV on when I got home. And thats when I finally realized what had happened. It made quite a tremendous impact on our country. Their was plenty of footage on television. The news broadcasts would just play the attacks over and over again. It was depressing. The Twin Towers on fire, people jumping out of the buildings, people running for their lives on the street, completely covered in ash. I just remember thinking it wasn’t real at first. It seemed like something from a movie. I guess the one good thing that came out of 9/11 was the unity of our country.
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October 5, 2006 at 3:38 am
I remember that day myself. I also was in the eighth grade. The only difference was that i really dont think the faculty in my school knew what was going on because my social studies teacher had no clue. My best friend’s mother took her out of school that morning and my teacher was in amaze why all of a sudden she would remove her from school. To be honest, i myself still have no clue what really is going on. It’s like the time before 9/11 was such a simpler time and i am talking about like 9/10. and right on 9/11 at like what 9:25am everything jus sped up and everyone really had to grow up and grow up quick. Now i feel time slowing down gradually and that is a good sign i am jus resistant that one day it will quicken again.