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Posted by: Jason from Indianapolis Tuesday November 06, 2001 @ 05:09 PST
i awoke on 9-11 just like any other day. the phone rang and jolted me out of my peaceful slumber. when i picked up that phone, my innocence was shattered, and life as i knew it would never be the same because of that phone call. the call was from my girlfriend, just like she always did. she called to wake me up because she has classes earlier than i, and she's jealous. but that day was different. still being half-asleep, i couldn't make much sense out of what she was telling me. she told me that there had been a terrorist attack on the wtc. i immediately thought of '93, and brushed it off as horrible, but not life-altering. she told me that planes had crashed into pa and the wtc. now, being half-asleep, i thought she was talking about one plane that had crashed in pa and had reached the wtc. hey, i bet you're not too bright just after waking up, either. :) anyway, i finally made the connection between the two comments and realized the magnitude of the situation when this was said. this is an exact quote...as it is forever etched in my memory. i will never forget these words that i had with my girlfriend. "her: "the wtc buildings have collapsed." "me: "huh?" "her: "jason, they aren't there anymore." from then i turned on the television to see that not only had those events happend, but that the pentagon had been hit as well. i quickly feared for everyone everywhere. i thought it was over. wwiii was going down, and it was going down fast. i watched nonstop news until i had class later that day. nobody talked. the once loud and busy campus that i attend had come to an almost total standstill. it was so eerie. it was all anyone talked about. i had a test cancelled. in my next class we only watched cnn. i went home after that class and watched cnn until i fell asleep that night. all day wednesday...nothing but news. the same on thursday and friday. it was weird, because i would tell myself that i was sick of hearing about it all, and that i just wish i never heard anything about it, but i would then watch something else, and couldn't stop thinking about it, and what was going on, and found myself turning it right back to cnn. the thing that we all have to take out of this is that we need to remember what is important. families, friends, and whatever else. take nothing for granted, because it's impossible to know when things like this will happen, and you will be forever changed. god bless the us.