9-11-2010

I remember it like it was yesterday i was sitting in my 6th grade English class when one of my other teachers bust in the room and started to yell the twin towers has been attacked. I am here thinking to my self like um......... excuse me what are the twin towers. That is what i thought i didn't actually say it because i did not wanna feel dumb. One by one students parents started to come and pick their children up, at the time being in school no body knew how serious the attacks was we were just hearing how it was by word of mouth.

When my mother finally came to pick me up the first thing she said to me was Happy Birthday. I am here just staring at here with the most serious face possible like thank you, what else can i say. She then begins to tell me whats going on and how serious this was. All of a sudden i just started busting out in tears because i felt God was punishing me on my birthday i just felt it was like that. Then my mother got some news from my aunt that they could not get in touch with my grandmother. My grandmother worked right across the street from the towers so we were really scared. Also my sister who went to highschool down in that area was not allowed to leave the building but when she was there wasnt any busses or trains working, she had to walk from 14th to 142 street.

Well here we go nine years later and i still remember it like it was yesterday. I must say i have come along way from thinking that they were attacked because of me i'm finally starting to get over it and celebrate my birthday because at the end of the day no body should live there life in fear because if you do that means the enemy has one.