9.11.01

it's been 10 years since the terrorist attack on the world trade center in NYC and the pentagon in D.C.

here's how wikipedia stated exactly what happened,

"the September 11 attacks were a series of four coordinated suicide attacks against targets in New York and Washington, D.C. on September 11, 2001. On that morning, 19 terrorists from the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda hijacked four passenger jets.  The hijackers intentionally crashed two planes into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City; both towers collapsed within two hours.  Hijackers crashed a third plane into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia.  When passengers attempted to take control of the fourth plane, United Airlines Flight 93, it crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, preventing it from reaching its intended target in Washington, D.C. Nearly 3,000 died in the attacks."

i was 13 years old and i was living in leesburg , virginia, and was in 7th grade.  i remember i was in 2nd period on that tuesday morning.  there were all these rumors that some planes hit the two towers and my english teacher wouldn't let us watch what was going on on tv.  i remember being so angry at her because i really wanted to know what happened.  looking back on that moment i can understand why my english teacher didn't turn on the tv.  the teachers just didn't want us to be panicked.  but i remember sitting in class with anxiety.    i had no clue what else had been hit and i was worried about my dad who worked about a half hour from D.C.  but school had to carry on.  all of a sudden so many students were getting called to the office to be picked up by their parents.  as much as i wanted to get out of school i knew that if my name wasn't called, that would mean nothing has happened to a member of my family.  then i was sitting in my algebra class and the intercom in the classroom called my name.  i immediately started freaking out thinking of the worst.  i hurried and got my backpack from my locker and pretty much ran to the office.  my mom was standing there and i asked her if something happened to someone in our family.  turns out everyone was fine and my mom was just so scared something might happen to my sisters and i and she was picking us all up.  bless her heart.  she was also scared that one of the FAA (federal aviation administration)'s office, which was right in town, was going to be hit.we went home and just watched the news all day.  and random fact, that night on tv, the movie independence day with will smith was scheduled to play but they had showed mrs. doubtfire instead. pretty crazy huh?

turns out one of my classmates' father was on one of the planes that hit one of the towers.  i remember my heart breaking for him.  it was such an eye opener knowing that you never know what will happen and when you could lose your loved ones.  i always make sure to tell brett i love him and i make sure he always kiss me before he leaves anywhere.  when i get frustrated with everton when he gets really fussy i try to count my blessings and just give him extra hugs and kisses and tell him i love him.  i am so grateful to those who gave their lives on that fateful day.  i'm grateful to those who fight for our freedom constantly.  i feel so blessed to live in a country where people fight for what they believe in and sacrifice so much so that we don't have to live in fear.

my prayers go out to the families who have lost loved ones on september 11, 2001.