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We all know where we were on that horrible day 10 years ago.
We always will.
I was sitting in my 6th grade language arts class. We were just beginning our attendance procedures. My teacher had the TV on the news still - she hadn't gotten around to turning it off yet. All of a sudden the whole demeanor of the news channel changed and images of a tall burning building appeared on the screen. My teacher looked at the TV in shock. I had absolutely no idea what was going on. Almost immediately our principal came on the loudspeaker and instructed all teachers to turn off all televisions. Our school psychologist thought it to be too traumatizing for a group of 6th-8th graders to watch. Most people were checked out of school that day. My mom checked me out almost immediately and when I got home she had the World Trade Center coverage playing in the living room.
It was on for the rest of the day.
It was on for the rest of the day.
At 11 years old, I had no idea the magnitude of what was happening to our country. I still probably don't fully understand it to this day. Only those who were in NYC, Washington DC, and the surrounding states at the time, and our troops, firefighters, and our police officers really do.
"I thank God for my life and for the stars and stripes. May freedom forever fly, let it ring. Salute the ones who died, the ones who gave their lives so we don't have to sacrifice all the things we love."
- Zac Brown Band
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Never Forget.
This was so touching, Jen. I remember having the television on and seeing the second plane hit the second tower. Davidsen was cleared out by the end of the day. I am angry though that they did not let us see the rest of that history that day until we got home.
ReplyDeleteAh you are a friend from school but I don't know who! I wish we could have watched more. My mom definitely signed me out early that day.
ReplyDeleteIt's Feli. My mom called to say she was picking my brother and I up but they told her not to go to school because we are safe and there are too many parents coming in. I think in every class we talked about what happened and didn't learn anything from the subjects we were supposed to.
ReplyDeleteAh yes - I loved your status about your brother on Facebook today.
ReplyDeleteThanks love :)
ReplyDeleteGreat post Jen. It's interesting how much variance there was between schools in letting students watch the news coverage or not and weird to think we were both sitting in sixth grade classrooms when everything happened that morning.
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