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where's matt?
Posted by: Lindsey Yarnell from Northern New Jersey Saturday April 13, 2002 @ 05:27 PDT
that tuesday started off pretty normal.. got to school around 7:20, had humanities from 7:35 to 8:35, and then grabbed my books and went to french class. we were just hanging out in class, doing listening exercises when one of our janitors, jonesy, ran into the classroom. "someone's bombing new york!". mrs. khoobiar ran to turn on the tv, and as she was doing that, i turned to my friend, kendra.. i was muttering something about matt (my brother) working in the world trade center, when the tv came into focus, and we all saw the two buildings, with a plane, and a lot of smoke, coming out of one. i got the general feeling that people talk about when something shocking happens.. i felt my whole body go numb.. i went weak, just sat back in my chair, startled, and extremely upset. i heard mrs. khoobiar and colleen run out of the room, colleen's blind uncle was in one of the top floors, and mrs. khoobiar's brother. i just kept talking about calling my mom. kendra told me to go call her, and so i walked out of the room. i wasn't sure where i was supposed to go, or do. i started to walk towards the phone, but then colleen and mrs. k went back to the classroom, so i stood there. they were hugging each other, crying, and mrs. khoobiar kept looking at the tv, muttering "those bastards..". a teacher brought me down to the main office, saying how she didn't think it would do anything, but i didn't care. i was shaking. i was allowed to call my mom from the principals phone, even though i was warned that the phones may not be working. my mom told me that matt called angela (his girlfriend) and told her he was ok, and going towards safety. i said ok, told her that i was shaking, and hung up. i saw emily, another friend, crying in the main office, her dad was working there, and her mom was in cali. at the moment. i went back to french, and we just sat there and watched the tv. everyone was relieved that matt got in touch with angela. then i had history, and we started to watch the news. a news reporter was interviewing someone when part of the building fell, and she screamed. i honestly felt that the world was just falling apart. the school eventually made us turn off the tvs, and try to learn. in band, which was last period, we had a study. my friends and i took turns taking a mini radio we had and sneaking to the bathroom to listen about it, as we weren't allowed to watch the news. i got home, and discovered that matt was no where to be found. it turned out that he was in the 2nd building, and called angela when the first plane hit. then, the 2nd plane hit as he was trying to get out of the building. my birthday was the 16th, and was spent still watching the news and waiting for the phone call, any phone call telling us anything about it. we've never gotten the phone call.