Close your eyes and picture this:
A little girl in class with friends doing what
normal third grade students do; work, joking etc. Suddenly, the teacher gets
called from her room to talk with another teacher. Worry and confusion etched
on the little girl’s face because she’s only hearing bits and pieces of the
conversation; ear hustler. Teacher comes in and announces in a way the kids
could all understand, that something big has happened, yadda, yadda… New York
City… blah blah… Planes Crashed… Building. When all was said and done, that’s all
the little girl heard before her heart started to race. Next thing she knew,
she was en route home to be with her family who were worried and concerned. You
see, this little girl had family all over and her most favorite aunt happened
to live right near Manhattan. No one heard from this aunt nor knew anything of
her whereabouts. This news was threatening to ruin everything she had come to
love. That little girl was me.
Open your eyes.
Everyone can recall if not everything, something that they remember about
September 11, 2001.
Smoke filled streets, yelling, searching, noises,
cries, tear streaked faces, firemen, policemen, loved ones, shattered
buildings; shattered hearts. All of this is what took place and sadly, will
forever replay its dreadful memories inside everyone’s heads who hearts jerked
when it happened.
The world stopped and came together to reach out to
those in need.
“I was in class when it happened; Bronx, New York,
about seventh or eighth grade. A teacher came to privately speak with my teacher
outside the classroom. I could see that the teacher was crying. We [students]
began to worry that maybe someone died in her family. The school announced to
us that something had happened in Manhattan and we were to be dismissed early.
All I saw was teachers around crying while we [students] looked on, confused
and not understanding what was truly going on,” student, Reginald Addy
recalled. “When I got home, I looked outside my window and could see the smoke
and dust.”
“I was in Haiti in high school when it happened.
Teacher was talking then all of a sudden another teacher came into the
classroom and turned on the news for us all to see how the event of things
happened. I saw the World Trade Center and the news line read something about
an attack. Everyone began panicking because we all knew or had someone that
lived in New York. School was let out early for us to reflect on this day,” Mr.
Jacobs Anonymous recalls. “It’s a huge reminder of how efficient it is to have
cover ups and be on your toes!”
Clearly this wasn’t just something you could or even
would want to ignore. It hit close to home all over the world.
“I just wanted it to all be a bad nightmare. My
sister could have been in harm’s way. She was right there and I was here.
Helpless. My heart goes out to all who were affected,” Linda Trevor, recalled.
Many are left empty and many others are stuck with
the memories that invade their minds. One thing is for sure, we all can remember it like it was yesterday…
What was it that you remember about 9/11? Go ahead
and comment below so you too can share your story.
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