Wednesday, September 14, 2011

9/11 Portraits

Alan
As I was getting my things ready for school on that fateful day, a teacher of mine knocked on our backdoor. I was standing in my kitchen when he told us about the planes that crashed into the World Trade Center. At first, I was confused, being in 7th grade, I had never even heard of them before. When I learned what they were, I felt perplexed and scared and wondered why people would want to do such a thing. It really did leave an impact on my life even though I was so young.
Shelly
I was in 9th grade. I woke up and got ready for school just like any other day. I didn't see it on TV at home and my parents didn't mention it. When I got to school, I felt weird. You know that feeling when everybody knows something major, but you are out of the loop? Yep. That's how I felt. I was walking up the stairs when my friend told me what happened. I didn't realize at the moment the magnitude of it and was the consequences would be, but it was one of those moments you never forget.

Angela
Early morning before school, I ran into the kitchen to quickly down some breakfast. Mom was making breakfast and watching life footage of the firs tower that had been hit. It had a hole in it and was on fire. I didn't know that an airplane had flew into it. Well, quickly went to school and after my first period, I was hanging out by the old door at my school and heard that both towers had collapsed and the Pentagon had been hit. I walked to my next class with Coach Hall and I overhead him say, "Damn those bastards." And that's the last thing I remember of that day.