Re: Remembering Sept. 11 2001
 

I was in fourth grade and it was my tenth birthday. It was a big deal because I hit double digits and was really excited. My fourth grade math teacher took us down to the lab just like every other Tuesday. She goes upstairs and suddenly comes back with a worried look on her face and
I thought we were all in trouble. It turned out that two planes had crashed into the Twin Towers. My class didn't really understand much but I remember a lot of the sixth graders and teachers were crying off and on all day. The rest of us knew something bad had happened but were too young to understand just how horrible it was until the death toll came out a long time later. I also remember that because I went to a Catholic School we went to Mass on Wednesday in addition to Friday because of what happened in New York that day.
Now that I am older I do have a better idea of how important and scary that attack must have been. I also have enormous respect for the firefighter, paramedics, and all other emergency personnel who helped rescue the survivors.
P.S. I know it is the day after but I didn't get to check Delphi yesterday.

Re: Remembering Sept. 11 2001
 

i was in fifth grade and i didn't go to school that day cuz i was sick and my mom woke me up that day and said that the first tower was hit...i was like its probably an accident then later i found out it was a terrorist attack...my dad saw everything with his own eyes, from the plane hitting to the people jumping out the windows...he had a construction site a few blocks away from the towers...i dought that he will forget of wut he saw that day, then wen he came back from work thats wen tower 7 collapsed...now every year after that terrible day i go up on my roof and look at the beams that shine every year to commemorate that day, and i stand there looking at them and remember all those innocent people and city officials that died that horrible day...God Bless You All

Re: Remembering Sept. 11 2001
 

I was in sixth grade at the time. Kids had been getting picked up a lot, but I didn't find out why until the end of the day at school--they had asked all the teachers to keep it quiet.
The principal came on the PA and said that there had been some kind of attack in New York and Washington. That was it. I remember people speculating about nuclear attacks while we waited for the bus (I was in NW New Jersey, which could conceivably fall victim to fallout from a nuclear attack on NYC).
I got home, and I was glued to the TV. I actually have a tape of CNN from that day somewhere. My dad was in Barcelona at the time and he was stuck there for several extra days until he managed to get home on Friday via Georgia.

Re: Remembering Sept. 11 2001
 

Wow i can't believe that its been soo long. I just remeber beeing woken up by my parents and running back to thier room and seeing the second tower get hit and seeing them crash down. I just remember being scared the whole day that something would happen in Portland where I live. I wish the best for those who lost thier life on that historical day. BLESS THE USA!