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living through history
Posted by: Emilio Diaz from Tampa Wednesday January 23, 2002 @ 11:43 PST
i will never ever forget what happened that day. i was teaching my group of second graders and was on my break. i was walking through the halls of the school when a friend of mine stopped me and told me that a plane had crashed in the world trade center. i thought he was joking around with me, because he usually jokes around with me during the day. when i actually went into the front office, i noticed everyone peering into the television in awe. then, i turned my head and saw the grim details with my own eyes. the second plane had hit the other tower and then they turned to the pentagon and showed it burning. i couldn't believe it. i thought, this has to be a movie or something. this can't really be true. who would be stupid enough to do something like this? i knew right then that this was no accident. i knew this was definitely deliberate. i didn't bother calling anyone, because i knew everyone was here in the same city as i was. i only had one family member up there and, wouldn't you know it, he had an interview at the wtc the very morning it happened. thank god he overslept! well, we were instructed not to say anything to the children. i can't tell you how much i had to hold in. i even had to take a few minutes and cry a little. but, even then, i had to control myself. well, i could go on forever with more to the story, but, that's what really happened.