When I woke up on September 11, 2001l; I thought it was going to be just another regular day. Get up, go to school, come home and do homework; then start it all over again. When I arrived at school I did my normal things; talked to my friends, dreaded the walk to first period, and wanting that final bell to ring, signaling that it was time to go home. However, something happened in my third period class that changed that whole outlook on that particular day.
While in band, the class was busy trying to master a new song when an announcement came over the PA that stunned us all. The Principle stated that there had been a terrorist attack on the Two Towers. After having that blow sink in a little, another announcement came stating there had been a terrorist attack on the Pentagon as well. A call came through to my band instructor's office asking for one of my friends in my band class. The person on the line was a friend of her mom's and they wanted to let my friend Sam know that they were pretty sure her mother was OK, her mother was a flight attendant on her way to NYC. After hearing that call, she broke down crying, as well as the rest of the class. Yet the only thing I could think about was my dad. My dad works in Rossyln, right across from DC and goes over to the Pentagon almost everyday; and every part of me was hoping he had not gone there on this day. I had to wait two whole periods to get word from my mother that my father was in fact OK and had stayed at his office in Rossyln that day. When we were let out of school, my brother and I raced home and ran down to the basement to watch the news, since they would not let us in school. When my father came home I ran into his arms and would not let go of him for what seemed like ages! I was so grateful that he was OK and I was not one of the thousands who would be grieving over that day's events.
Ever since that day, I have been wondering why the terrorists decided to cause so much harm to such innocent people who really did not have anything to do with what they were mad about. So much chaos and destruction just because some people did not agree with how we run our country or were jealous of our well-being. I guess no one can be entirely sure on why the attacks on September 11th happened, however we can learn from it and be prepared for a possible repeat. September 11, 2001 shook the entire country, whether you were in the East, West, North, or South, you were effected by the sudden blow on our homeland.
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