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Post by Big Sister (Softball) on Sept 11, 2008 14:25:20 GMT -4
years ago today the twin towers fell. Most of us here were in school at that time. Did they tell you at school? If you found out at school what did they tell you? Did teachers let you watch the news? How did you find out? What were your feelings? It is very interesting how different schools and different groups handled it
This is a poem I wrote about it around 6 months after it happened.
September 11th
September 11th
A day I will always remember
Not because of a birthday
But because of the tragedy in 2001
In New York.
It changed many people’s lives
Including mine
I did not know anyone
Who passed away, but
Now I know I am not always safe
In the USA.
The families who suffered
How they must feel
Losing someone they loved
Because of Osama bin Laden
The families must hate him
For ruining their lives
What will they do?
How will they live?
I do not know,
But I hope they do.
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Post by Taylor Swift (aka: kathleen) on Sept 11, 2008 16:13:55 GMT -4
awww that is really good, and even in canada some of us were told i know i wasnt at school i was told at home cuz i was in middleschool but my parents explained it all at home that night
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Post by Crazy James on Sept 11, 2008 17:04:23 GMT -4
Was it a big deal in Canada. Like was there any panic lieke in the US?
I was 9 at the time. I didn't really know how to react because i was so young. I DO remember though that they immeidately evacutated school, but didn't tell us what had happened (probs because of the 1st graders, kindergarteners, etc. But my dad came and picked me up. I could tell something was wrong, but he wouldn't tell me until we got home and he turned on the tv...
thats all that I really can vivdly remember from that day.
If ANYBODY gets a chance on this day in history, i think it would be very kind of you to sit or even stand and give a moment of silence for those who lost their lives, 7 years ago today...
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Post by Ninja Kim on Sept 11, 2008 17:29:06 GMT -4
I was in 2nd grade at the time. I knew like.. nothing of it. I remember we talked about it, but I didn't really understand it all that much, :/
My teacher told me this is what had happened to him 7 years ago today though. He was in college, and was up at about 9; he had class at 10. So he went into the room with the tv, which usually had football games or whatever showing. But he'd saw that there was this action movie on, so he sat down and watched. After a bit, he saw the sign by the tv that said "Live TV". He then realized what was going on, and he was seeing what had happened with the twin towers.
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Post by Mon on Mar 17, 2009 6:32:19 GMT -4
I'm going through the entire website and came across this so I thought I would answer.
I was a senior in high school in Calculus taking a quiz. The principal came on the loudspeaker and rattled something about airplanes struck the towers and the collapsed. I didn't really pay attention since I was taking my quiz, which I got a 100% on to those of you wondering...
Then in every other class that day everyone wanted to talk about it and discuss it. Everyone had all different mixes of emotions. It really didn't effect me in anyway. And I know that that probably sounds like I'm heartless/cold but I wasn't directly impacted...I didn't know anyone that lost their life. Sure it was a terrible thing but it just didn't, and still doesn't phase me on an emotional level.
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Post by casey on Mar 17, 2009 17:36:31 GMT -4
I was in 3rd grade when that happened. I remember I was in Art class and my mom picked my brother and I up. When we got home she sat us down and we watched the tv. I live in a small lesser known town but I was really worried it was gonna happen in my town. heh. But it made me feel bad for all of the families that lost loved ones...
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Post by Taylor Swift (aka: kathleen) on Mar 17, 2009 19:02:39 GMT -4
to answer your question James...it was a big deal in Canada cuz a lot of us have family in the US and stuff...my aunt was supposed to be on that plane, not that we talk anymore but still.....it wasnt as big of a deal for canada as it was the US, obviously, but it was still a pretty big thing for us
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Post by Big Sister (Softball) on Sept 11, 2009 0:33:54 GMT -4
I am bumping this. What are your stories about this day? Were you told about it? Did you get to watch on tv? How did you react?
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Post by ! Chad ! on Sept 12, 2009 19:44:43 GMT -4
I was sick from school that day if I remember because I was at home when it happened and I was watching cartoon network or something like that. Then I remember that the channel I was watching turned to the news, I was pissed lol. I was confused as to what had actually happened and I diddn't really care either as it was on the other side of the US. It wasn't till I had to write a paper on it a few years later that I really learned what had went on.
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Post by AJ on Sept 12, 2009 21:12:05 GMT -4
I was a senior in High School. 9/11 was actually the second day of school for us, so everyone was still getting accustomed to the new school year. My high school was a boarding school for seniors, so when I found out about the attack I was actually in my dorm room talking on the phone with my Dad. It was really strange... we had like a ten minute conversation about the new school year and stuff before he mentioned that, by the way, the U.S. was under attack. I immediately went online to the CNN web site and saw what was going on. I spend a lot of the rest of the day in the Dining Hall/cafeteria of the school, where they set up a big TV for everyone to watch. We still had classes, which I thought then and still think was really weird and wrong, but the rest of the time we were all glued to the TV.
And yeah, 9/11 was a huge deal in Canada. I lived near Toronto at the time, which is where I grew up. Canada and the U.S. are incredibly close in just about every way possible. I actually visited New York and the Twin Towers almost exactly 6 months to the day before 9/11 (in March '01), and so it was doubly surreal for me. I'd gone up to the observation deck and everything, so knowing that the towers weren't there any more was just horiffically stunning.
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