9/11

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i never knew...2 words could make me so emotional...

 I have been reading posts about 9/11 all morning..

I have a strange feeling inside me. I didn't lose anyone I knew on 9/11 but I knew many people who did. Living in NJ means I was very close to all of this.

September 11-I was in High School. I was a Sophomore. The school year had just begun. In our first class of the day we all sat as an announcement went over the loud speakers. "No students are to leave the building until further notice for any reason. There will be no outside lunch today and off-campus activities are cancelled. The field hockey(I was on the team) and soccer games are cancelled for today."It was strange because as soon as they said this we knew something was wrong. Not too long after this I saw a few students checking their text messages under their desks(we weren't allowed to use cell phones in school) and began to look worried. Throughout the next 2 classes I noticed more and more people on their cell phones, more whispers, and it was obvious that the teachers saw the students using their cell phones..they didn't care. Nobody got in trouble. Teachers and administration came in and out of my third class. Finally, my teacher told us," I don't know how to say this. But 2 planes have hit the Twin Towers. This is the only information we have been told. Administration has allowed us to turn on the TVs and there will be no more teaching for the rest of the day." and he turned on the TV and walked to the back on the classroom.

We sat there and watched as they replayed the tape of the tower that had been hit, and the video where you could actually see the second tower being hit. Then we watched the towers collapse and saw news about the Pentagon and the 4th plane.

We went to lunch after this but nobody ate. Everybody was on their cell phone talking to loved ones. No one got in trouble. Teachers used their cell phones in the hallway. There were many tears and screams as people got terrifying phone calls of loved ones missing. Some people started weeping because they couldnt get through to family on their cell phones, because of the crash there were issues with cell phone reception due to the mass amounts of calls going in and out of our area.

We went to our next 3 classes and did nothing. Our teachers said nothing when we walked in, just turned on the TVs and stared. At the end of the day everybody went straight home.I walked into my house and saw my mother on the couch with tears running down her cheeks watching the news. I sat down next to her.Neither of us could say a word. 

During the next two weeks in school we heard of more and more people from our town and about friends' families that had been lost during this tragic event.

I miss going to NYC and seeing the Twin Towers. I still remember exactly what it looked like and I know I WILL NEVER FORGET.

but back to what I was saying....2 words...

"Let's Roll" reading these two words in another post as this woman spoke of the people on Flight 93 that were brave enough to take down the plane to spare the other lives the terrorists were trying to take.

and after all the posts and stories online I have read today...those 2 words were the ones that hit me the hardest..

"Let's Roll"