It's hard to believe that ten years ago today I was in fourth grade. I can remember this day almost perfectly. We were working on spelling, and we were all extremely anxious to get outside for recess. I remember our principal coming in the room a little before 9am. He told my teacher something in the hallway, and when she came back in she just looked shocked. They wouldn't tell us what was going on, but all we knew was, we weren't allowed to go out for recess. Naturally, us fourth graders were very upset by this, but little did we know, something terrible had happened.
Some kids went home early because their parents picked them up, but I stayed the whole day. When I did get home that day the TV was on, and the footage from that terrible day was being played over and over again on the news. I didn't completely understand everything that had happened that day, but I remember that everyone around me was sort of numb. No one quite knew what to say or how to act. I remember that for days, weeks and even months afterwards, the clips showed up on the news. Airports were shutdown, and families were separated.
Too many people lost their lives that day. It was not only a terrorist attack, but it was something that will unite our country forever. Even as a fourth grader, I remember how terrible that was. And only now can I truly appreciate the fact that I didn't lose anyone that day. But on the ten year anniversary of this tragedy, my thoughts and prayers go out to the families who were never the same. I pray for the firefighters, the police men and women, the people in the towers, the pentagon, and those who landed the plane in the field in Pennsylvenia. But most of all, for those families who are suffering the losses of the mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends.
Our country will never forget 9/11/2001...
God Bless the USA
p.s. I'm me and you're not
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