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September 11th, 2001
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the day our generation will remember
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Posted by: Adam Roach from Kenosha, WI
Wednesday September 11, 2002 @ 12:30 PDT
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i can remember stories from my parents growing up about the day of the kennedy assasination and how they remembered where they were, what they were doing, and how they reacted when they first heard of the event. for my generation, september 11th, 2001 will undoubtedly carry the same noteriety. i remember having just woken up, with the sun shining brightly through the east-facing window of my bedroom. it was a beautiful day in kenosha, as well as the rest of the country. my roommate came into the room sometime around eight o'clock and informed me that an airplane had crashed into the world trade center. at first, i didn't think much of it, writing it off as an accident. it was after all a tuesday, and i didn't have class until noon. curiosity did get the better of me soon enough and i flipped on the bedroom t.v. the first tower had been hit and was burning. i watched the second tower get hit live shortly thereafter. i soon afted deducted that this was no accident. i rustled myself out of bed and continued to watch. after a short shower, i sat at the computer in my bedroom and checked my email with the t.v. on, when i suddenly my concentration was disrupted by the sounds of the second tower collapsing. i froze. i sat there for several minutes, hands over the keyboard, not moving a muscle, trying to comprehend what had just happened. not long after, the first tower crumbled. at this point, a certain numbness came over me, my mind shutting down any though process, and running strictly on automatic. by this time, it was time for me to leave for class, which i did. many of the people at school had no idea what had happened. the professor of the class i was in gave the even only a passing mention, unaware that both towers had collapsed. in the course of one day; no, one morning, the world had changed forever, and will undoubtedly never be the same again. i will never forget a moment of it.
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