I was just entering 2nd period, AP Physics, when another student said to put it on CNN. That was just after the Pentagon had been hit, and it flashed between smoke billowing from the Pentagon and the WTC. The students in my class were even joking about it, not knowing the chaos that was currently taking place in NYC, Washington, and on Flight 93. Just as my teacher turned it off, the first building started to collapse. I just stared in disbelief..."What will the world be like with only one WTC building left?" I was so shocked, I don't even think I entertained the idea of the second tower collapsing.
When my teacher turned it off, we were all angry, but the teacher was right. All we wanted to see was pictures of planes exploding and buildings collapsing (that would be replayed over and over on every channel). I feel guilty that I have taken so much interest into the buildings and wreckage themselves, that it's hard to comprehend how many lives were lost. I still think it's amazing that only 3,000 were killed, considering the magnitude of the attacks, but that is still an amazingly large number to deal with.
I cried myself to sleep those first couple nights, even though I knew no one in the areas of the disasters. Watching the CBS movie "9-11" was hard to watch, but it really showed how heroic the NYPD and FDNY are. I can't comprehend the horror that anyone who experienced the events first-hand experienced. Those images of terrified people running from giant dust clouds, IMO, show how awful the day was for the entire world.
Sorry if I rambled, but I actually feel a little bit better now, as I have never written anything down from that day until now. WE WILL NEVER FORGET!
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My two favorite coasters are both named Superman.
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