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Where were you when the 9/11 attacks took place? How do you feel about it 10 years later?
I was 11 and saw coverage of the first plane at home and then the second tower, Pentagon, and field at school. It's a day I'll never forget. However, earlier this week I was talking to a bright 13-year-old and realized that kids a decade younger than us 20-somethings haven't been told much about 9/11. Have you noticed the same?
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Permalink Reply by Amanda on -
I was at school. The teachers were told to leave the TVs off but many didn't.I feel like most of the kids I know were told what happened, they just don't understand how it changed things because they can't remember before.
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Permalink Reply by Life of a Love Child on -
I was in 6th in Mrs. Hickman's class. It was announced over the intercom the twin towers had been hit and our teacher literally ran back and forth pacing and saying no. She finally turned on the tv and we watched it all day. At the time I didn't know what it meant. Now, ten years later dating a marine it means everything to me. I can't describe my feelings.
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Permalink Reply by Jamila Ali on -
I was at home sleeping when it started. My aunt called my mom and told her the world was ending. We had a moment of silence in school, I was in the 5th grade. 10 years later, it's really just hitting. I've already cried a bunch today. When I was young I didn't feel affected, now that I've grown and I have feeling for people other than myself I ache. My heart really goes out to all the people who were involved in this tragedy.
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Permalink Reply by Amy Lavender on -
http://lavenderparking.wordpress.com/2011/09/10/where-i-was-septemb...
10 years later, I still have a hard time thinking about it...
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Permalink Reply by Hannah on -
I actually wrote a post describing my experience of 9/11. I was overseas at the time, so my experience is a little bit unique among Americans. On the day, not everyone around me was as grief stricken as my family and I.
Ten years later, I truly feel as if this happened yesterday. I am proud of the U.S. for all the preventative measures we have taken (even the irritating and often invasive airport security) but I am still shocked and even haunted by the event. I think of and pray for all the families who were and continue to be effected by the event.
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Permalink Reply by little on -
i was waking up to kevin and bean on kroq when my mom came in and told me i needed to go in her room.
little.
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Permalink Reply by Angie on -
I was lying in my parent's bed, napping, as I was 12 and I often jumped into the cozy covers once my parents were up and my dad was working. My mom came into the room and told me what happened and we spent the day together watching the news, calling family, etc.
I did a post today called Love, Life and Remembrance. The Remembrance part obviously being about 9/11.
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Permalink Reply by Kayleigh Eneida on -
I was a freshman in high school, sitting in the bathroom outside the cafeteria calling my mom non stop to see if my family in New York was okay. They wouldn't even let us know what was going on at first, before i could call my mom they had us locked in our classrooms for a few hours, lunch finally came, then i found out. I was in shock. Crying when my mom wasn't answering her phone, only to find out later it was because she was calling every family member i have in NY of the hook. Of course, no answer. At least not until a few days later.
My uncle worked inside the first tower, i remember going up there when i was a kid and being terrified because of the height. Luckily, he wasn't at work when the first plane hit, but he was in between the towers and saw them both go down. He came home to my aunt covered in soot and still to this day hasn't been able to get the images out of his head. They ended up moving away from the city and down to Florida, i cant say i blame him. I don't know how i could have lived through that, hes a lucky man. What if he had been early to work that day? So many thoughts crossed my mind, and having most of my family live in NYC i feel lucky not to have lost a single one of them due to the tragedy that occurred on Sept 11th.
Its a day I know we all will never forget, and its amazing to me how everyone remember exactly what they were doing as if it happened yesterday. Events like that never leave your mind.
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