09/11/2001
Today marked the seventh anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks. It just seems so strange to me that a whole seven years has past! It honestly feels like it was just yesterday when I woke up to what was the beginning of the “War on Terror”.
When I got to work this morning, almost at the very time that it happened seven years ago, I overheard at least five people talking about it. It blew me away that almost everyone I spoke to remembered that day and what they were doing at the time it all went down.
SEVEN YEARS AGO and we all still remember.
That morning…I had just woken up and had a shower. I was getting ready for school when my mum called me to come downstairs. As I was only in year seven at the time, I really didn’t have any idea the extent to what had happened nor did I realise what it meant.
My mum told me a plane had gone into the Twin Towers. I remember thinking what is that? Why do you look so sad mum? As I watched on I just got more and more confused.
I remember I was just about to get my breaky from the kitchen bench, when I saw a second plane go into the other tower. As it was airing LIVE, I remember hearing the reporter just became speechless. I knew at that very moment that something very strange and serious was happening in the World.
Next thing I know, I was at school in class talking to my friends about it. I remember my teacher crying, clearly upset over the events that had occured. I found out later that day that one of her family members actually lived in New York and worked in one of the towers. I never really found out what happened, I just remember watching her cry.
When I got home from school, I turned on the tele. I flicked from one station to the next. All I could find was news, news, news, news.
It freaked me out. I just couldn’t help but think what would I do if I was there. Watching people jump from buildings, people screaming down the streets of New York, news reporters on edge and out of control. I felt helpless.
Seven years on and remembering that day really brings back the shock of what actually happened. It literally takes my breath away. I still to this day can’t grasp the sadness that those families out there must of felt and still feel. Just thinking about those 2,975 people who died that day. Crazyness. Complete insanity.
Let us rememeber.
