Thoughts on 9/11

http://eugenecho.wordpress.com/2008/09/11/remembering-september-11-911/

Here is a link to a blog post I just read.  Below are my thoughts concerning the post, and where I was when the first plane hit.  Feel free to add thoughts and tidbits to my post.

 

I was only a freshman in highschool when September 11 changed the way we looked at the world. I was sitting in art class when suddenly the principal of our school walked into the classroom and announced that a plane was flown into the World Trade Center. He actually came to us a mere ten minutes after the first plane hit. The second plane brought an announcement over the speaker system.
I was a bit concerned about the people who would have been in the buildings and on the planes, but I wasn’t concerned about our economy, the stockmarket, or the fact that many of my friends would end up in Iraq or Afghanistan three to four years later. I was fortunate enough to only lose one loved one to Iraqi bombings. From time to time I say a prayer for the emergency workers and their families. I say another prayer for the military and their families as well. I know I was scared when one of my best friends went to Bagdad. He called me every few weeks to let me know he was still alive, and it feels like I held my breath in between.

I keep asking myself why? Why would someone think that they could devistate an entire nation by flying planes into the World Trade Center? They devistated individuals, not an entire nation. Individuals lost their lives and their families. The nation mourned as a whole, but most of the people I know weren’t directly affected by this. Life goes on and we continue. I’m proud that we did.