This has nothing to do with the class, but I want to bring your attention to the fact that you are probably among the youngest "eye witnesses" of the 9/11 attack that will be able to tell -- many years from now -- where you were and what you were doing when you heard of it (probably you were already in school or on your way to it.)
You will be asked by younger generations to tell your story as you remember it. It may be worth for you to write down your memories now that those events are still fresh in your mind. In the future you will be able to go back and re-visit details that inevitably will slip from memory.
NOT REQUIRED: use 'comment' to tell your classmates ONE LITTLE DETAIL that in your memory is associated with 9/11. EX: at that time I was living in SoHo and for a week or two that area was open only to residents. I remember having to show my driver's license in order to get back to my apt. To this day, whenever I see police barricades, those wooden, light blue barriers used to cordon off a street, my mind immediately brings back the images and sounds of those days.
The smell of fire all though the night. Also the debris that was falling. Most scariest day and saddest day every for me. I really didn't know what was happening. The news kept playing it over and over. Till this day when I hear the fire department beeping sound I think of September 11th and what I heard when they were looking for people.
ReplyDeleteI remember everyone speaking about it, the news broadcasting it 24/7, seeing people jumping from the twin towers.
ReplyDeleteMy friends grandmother was one who jumped out from the 12th floor, she broke her leg and a few ribs.
DeleteI was in 5th grade when this happened and my mother came to pick me up from school around 10 AM. She said, "don't be scared, lets go home".
ReplyDeleteI just moved here four years ago from Egypt so I wasn't in the united states when that happened but I remember in 2001 in my country all the news channels were talking about it and showing videos and pictures that made me feel really sorry for all the Americans.
ReplyDeleteI was sitting in my second grade classroom, going through a regular day at school. Everyone in my class was getting picked up from they're parents, including me. When i arrived home, I looked at the T.V and I saw the World Trade Center collapsing, where my father worked in. Long story short, after long hours of waiting, he finally arrived home safe and sound.
ReplyDeleteI was in the second grade at the time and we were sitting in the lunch room and I remember my grandma came to school to pick my friend and I up. I didn't really know what was going on until I got to my friend's house and what was on the TV, even though my friend's mother was trying to hide it from us.
ReplyDeleteIt was a cloudy day, I was in the third grade. At the time the class and I were headed to our art room. Once everyone was settled and assigned seats, the phone rang. We waited for our teacher to finish the phone call and start class. Listening through, we all noticed her struggling to reply back. Soon after her faint mumbling turned into frantic crying. Her father had just died in the collapse. We were all puzzled; we didnt know what was going on. Children were randomly pulled out of class by their parents. It wasn't until an hour later that my mother came to pick me up. I was in disbelief after watching the news. My father worked around the twin towers; I remember my mother clenching onto the phone just waiting for him to call back. For that day in my life, time stood still. Everyone wanted answers, no one had them.
ReplyDeleteI remember I was in the third grade when 9/11 happened. My teacher was reading to us and we were sitting in the carpet. I remember her getting a call and she told us that a building had fell in Manhattan. Several phone calls came in for kids whose parents were coming to pick them up. I did not think that anyone would pick me up but my father did. What I mostly remember was the period after 9/11. I remember being in constant fear of there being an attack. I was afraid of dying. I remember watching the news and they were saying we were in the level orange danger zone and I was terrified. I feel now that I am older I would not readily believe the news, but as an eight year old I was traumatized.
ReplyDeleteWhen September 11 happened, I was in school and all I could remember is my teachers pulling us under the table. I was so scared that something was going on all I could think about is my family. As I was under the table my mother came up to the school to take me, my sister and my brother out and I remembered asking my mother whats going on and she was just so confused herself. We walked all the way home that day and the air was so smokey and polluted, so I was coughing a lil bit. As soon as we got home my mother explained to me what happened, and I remember asking about my dad because he worked in the area of 9/11. He decided to walk the bridge and walked all the way home. That day was very scary and still to this day I don't understand the bombing, but I guess its just somethings in life I wont understand.
ReplyDeleteI remember I was sitting in class, and our usually easy-going multi-cultural studies teacher suddenly becoming very serious. He explained to us what was going on and told us not to be scared. The worse part is that his best friend since childhood was working at the WTC and couldn't get in contact with him.
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ReplyDeleteThe day this event took place i remember i was sitting in class. I was in the third grade. My teacher was teaching the class when slowly students were getting picked up from class. I wasn't aware of what happened but was curious to know why all of a sudden kid's were getting picked up. Then another teacher came inside my class and started talking about what happened. When i came home that day my dad had the t.v. on and then i came to find out what had happened.
I was in third grade at the time of 9/11. I remember all my friends getting signed out and not understanding why. Finally it was my turn and my uncle came to pick me and my cousin up. We walked outside and there was smoke in the air. We were pretty local in Brooklyn and still had to cover our mouths. The twin towers were my cousins favorite buildings even at a young age of 7. I got home and immediately watched the news with my mom as they continuously replayed the planes going into the towers.
ReplyDeleteIt was my 9th birthday, I was in my 4th grade classroom, and noone took my cupcakes.
ReplyDelete13 years ago I was a freshman in high school. I was in my English class when a teacher started screaming so loud in the hallway. Everyone in class was confused about what had happened. We were dismissed early that day from school.
ReplyDeleteI was in the second grade sitting in my art class. There was commotion among the teachers, and my art teacher left the room crying. We were all young so they didn't tell us what was going on, but parents started coming to school to pick up their kids and we all knew something was wrong. My mom picked up my sister and I and when we got home she wouldn't let us turn on the tv or listen to the radio. My aunt Danielle worked in the twin towers so she didn't want us to get scared. Later on that day, we found out my aunt went to a business meeting and she wasn't in the building that day. I will never forget the smell of smoke throughout the night.
ReplyDeleteIll never forget how beautiful of a day that was. It was a picture perfect sunny day. I just remember sitting in class and then the class phones were ringing and one by one people in my class were being told they were being picked up to go home. We were young kids maybe 7 or 8 years old and we were just so excited that we were gonna have a chance to go home. We were all waiting for our name to get called to go home but little did we know what had just happened. I remember getting home and finding out, and then I remember my mother, father and I going outside and grabbing as much paper that fell from the sky from the explosions as we could. We probably still have those pieces of paper somehwere around here to this day.
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