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my day on 9.11.01
Posted by: Brandon Whalen from Lake Dallas, TX Tuesday March 18, 2003 @ 01:04 PST
well i remember that it was a tuesday morning and it was a "b-day" (block schedualing) at school. i remember that i didn't want to go to school so i just layed there and waited for my mom to come in and yell at me to get out of bed and go to school (she did that everymoring). i could hear her running up the stairs, so i jumped up so she would think i was awake and getting ready for school. well she ran passed my room and i could hear her talking to my dad on the phone. all i heard was her say..."oh my god!" and i ran out to see what happened. and there it was on tv one of the towers was smoking. i didn't think anything about terrorists, all i thought was "wow" what a freak accident. i went back into my room and started getting ready for school. i went into the bathroom and watched the tv from the doorway, then while i was brushing my teeth i watched the second plane hit it. i just stood there, i couldn't belive what i just wittnessed, so i tried to rashionalize it. i told my self..."maybe the pilots of the second plane were so focused on the other bulding that had been hit that they just crashed right into the other tower." then i heard them on the news..."america is under attack" and that this was work of terrorists. so by then i really didn't want to go to school, i told my mom that i needed to stay home with her. i was so scared, i told her to call jessie (my sister) who worked just blocks from the towers. she called, and there was no answer. i was so nervous. but she made me go to school and i told her to call school and tell me when she heard something. so i went, i was a wreck, i didn't know what to do. durring first period i asked my teacher if we could turn on the tv, i told him why...that my sister was there, all he said was "no, you still need to learn". i was so pissed off. i couldnt belive that that was going to happen. but in second period, out teacher was so cool, we just sat there and watched the news. usually i am talkative and never in a bad mood, everyone was coming up to me and trying to make me feel better. i couldn't smile i just sat there and cried. then the intercom came on in class, the office lady said..."coach mayfield, can i just give a message to brandon over the intercom?" my teacher said "yes" then she said "will you tell him that his mom called and, his sister is ok!" those last 12 words seemed like an hour. i don't think my heart beat once. but right after i heard that, i couldn't hold it back i just started balling. then after school i went home. i heard the president talk. i was ready, i was prepared to go and fight against the people to took so many lives and tried to take part of my family. you know the old saying..."don't mess with texas"...well..."don't mess with me!!!"