This was MY personal experience. Nothing really compared to any NYers.
I was in my study skills class *11th grade* A teacher, Mr. Spinelli, walked in and called my teacher Mrs. McGowen out into the hallway. A minute later she walked into the room and continued teaching. In my school it was normal for that to happen so we thought nothing of it. When the bell rang, it was break. A Student, Hannah, walked passed me and told me a plane hit the twin towers. All I said was "huh?" She said it again and I had no clue what it meant so I said "Ok." I thought she was making a joke or something because we never got along. As break went on, I was hearing random things about terrorism. I then went to my next class where my teacher told us we were going to the gym to find something out. We walked down to the gym with the whole school. There was a TV and everyone became quiet which was a very odd thing for my school. We all realized the terror that had happened. Some of the faces on students, I never thought I would ever see in my lifetime. Through the next hour, buses came to pick up the students to take them home because it was unsure if anything else would happen, especially in a big city like Philadelphia. I got home safely and watched the horror on T.V., I absolutely couldn't even fathom the happenings. Although it was very upsetting, I couldn't go away from the T.V. I watched replay after replay after replay. To this day I don't know what stuck me to that T.V. to watch the horror over and over again. Even days and weeks after, I was glued to that T.V. And, the uncertainty of something happening at any given moment frightened me so much more and the warnings on T.V. made it worse, yet, I never left the T.V. set. The families devestated by this will always be in my heart. The firemen, policemen will always be remembered. Those who risked their lives and even died for others. The horrible memory of seeing it actually happen like people jumping from windows on the 100th floor. The aftermath of burnt buildings, dead bodies, alive bodies waiting to be found, and so much more. The babies that will never have a full family. The shadows that will always lurk behind ground zero.
"How bout a little black dress?"~hannahshule
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