September 11, 2001
At school today I was waiting for an announcement for us to have a moment of silence, like we have had in a previous year (can't remember if it was last year or the year before), but it never came. I wish that we had. Perhaps they'll do something tomorrow since we'll have time for announcements, but I doubt it.
I watched a documentary tonight about 9/11 on MSNBC and I cried, despite the fact that I don't cry very easily. Watching this documentary, where they're showing what the news coverage was that day, it's incredibly sad. They showed footage from the second plane crash, which was captured live on TV, and you can hear the reactions of someone on the phone who saw it in person as well as the reactions of the news crew, who all are shocked/stunned. Seeing that footage made me start to cry - knowing that I am watching the end of many lives is extremely sad.
I was only in 5th grade when this happened 7 years ago, and didn't fully understand what had happened at the time. With the time difference between the east and west coast, I was asleep when it actually happened (it would've been about 6 am over here), and I don't remember much about that day besides the fact that I remember my mom telling me that two planes had hit the World Trade Center, and I remember seeing a little of the coverage on TV. I didn't have any relatives or friends living over there at the time, and so it did not hit me as hard as a 10 year old as it would've if I had been directly affected. It's still hard for me to grasp in a way.
I send my thoughts, prayers, hugs, and condolences out to all those who were affected in any way by this horrible tragedy.
I watched a documentary tonight about 9/11 on MSNBC and I cried, despite the fact that I don't cry very easily. Watching this documentary, where they're showing what the news coverage was that day, it's incredibly sad. They showed footage from the second plane crash, which was captured live on TV, and you can hear the reactions of someone on the phone who saw it in person as well as the reactions of the news crew, who all are shocked/stunned. Seeing that footage made me start to cry - knowing that I am watching the end of many lives is extremely sad.
I was only in 5th grade when this happened 7 years ago, and didn't fully understand what had happened at the time. With the time difference between the east and west coast, I was asleep when it actually happened (it would've been about 6 am over here), and I don't remember much about that day besides the fact that I remember my mom telling me that two planes had hit the World Trade Center, and I remember seeing a little of the coverage on TV. I didn't have any relatives or friends living over there at the time, and so it did not hit me as hard as a 10 year old as it would've if I had been directly affected. It's still hard for me to grasp in a way.
I send my thoughts, prayers, hugs, and condolences out to all those who were affected in any way by this horrible tragedy.