September 11th. i almost didn't realize it was today. It has only been 7 years and it didn't even occur to me until i saw the date today. i guess a lot has happened in 7 years. i was a senior in high school when the attacks occurred. i was in my AP Biology class when the teacher next door came in. She was like a drill sargent, always barking things at students, a stoic, hardened older woman. She came in, tears coming down from behind her thick glasses. She told us what had happened and to turn on the news. We saw one of the towers in flame. Suddenly a second plane hit as we were watching. We watched for awhile in shock and then turned it off. The other teacher came back in and said one of the towers had fallen. We turned it back on and saw the second tower fall.
Our teacher, Ms Driscol, said that there were more important things in the world than AP Biology and ignored the instructions from the principal to turn off the news and go about business as usual. i've never been more thankful. We needed to watch that and remember it. We still do. i think people were right to say the best way to move on is to live a normal life, but we have to remember. Someone said once that history doesn't repeat itself... but it does rhyme. This is true and perhaps one of the best reasons to remember it.
Our teacher, Ms Driscol, said that there were more important things in the world than AP Biology and ignored the instructions from the principal to turn off the news and go about business as usual. i've never been more thankful. We needed to watch that and remember it. We still do. i think people were right to say the best way to move on is to live a normal life, but we have to remember. Someone said once that history doesn't repeat itself... but it does rhyme. This is true and perhaps one of the best reasons to remember it.
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