Four years seems like forty. Can it really have been so recently? In four years I have had four separate boyfriends; I have attended and left another school; I have made & lost friends. I have changed.
But then again…. Can it really have been so long ago? In four years, my best friends are still the same. Four years ago, my senior year, does not seem like such an ungodly long amount of time.
I remember in the cafeteria in the morning, before it began, Kevin Folk said, “Today is going to be a bad day. I can tell.” And I remember that Nikki Sharp wore a black t-shirt with the NYC skyline across it, in the last few hours before the skyline changed forever.
I remember walking to 3rd period with Marisa, wondering what was happening- we’d heard “the Pentagon was bombed” during the last two minutes of 2nd period. I remember sitting in A Cappella crying, praying, trying to make out the details on a static-ridden TV. Watching in horror as the second plane hit, as the buildings fell…
And for all the clichés & the magnetic silver car ribbons that resulted, we should never forget what really happened on September 11th. Never forget the magnitude of that day, or the death or the loss or the tragedy, or what it all meant for this country. Never forget what it felt like to be so patriotic for a time; to be so connected to our countrymen that we overlooked race and religion and political ideologies. To just be American, and proud, and strong.
Never forget September 11th.
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all i have to say is wow. that is a really good entry.
i feel like it happened two years ago, i cant believe its been four.
I'd forgotten how recent it was... it seems like ages have passed.
yeah, im scared i might have eaten some cat
i cant beleive septemer 11 was that long ago. it looks like no one can
i was in calculus class when the first building was hit.
i was in ap art studio when the second one was hit.
i was in concert choir select when the pentagon was hit.
i love america.
this was a horrible day for us all.
yet, i strongly dislike how it is made a day of rememberance. i know that probably sounds horrible, but more than just reminding me about all the innocent lives lost here, it makes me think of all the innocent lives lost in all our oversea endeavors dealing with these people as well. it makes me angry to be part of a nation that i disagree with on so many levels. it makes me angry because although it is fine that people are upset about what happened here on september 11th... these same people know next to nothing about what we have done to them.
an eye for an eye?
no, it's not ok.
but you can't pretend not to hear the cries of the innocent civilians who are our "enemies."
and you can't hear them at all if they've never had a chance to speak.
if they are dead.
but hey, that's not something that you see on the 6 o'clock news.
well-said.
i was just having a bad morning -- i'm not sure i feel some of those things anymore. i miss you a lot, though. boo to not coming to visit, but at least you're coming for homecoming. hoepfully i'll make it home before then, though. riley's slated to come with me, so be sure to plan something good, lol.
hey thanks for stopping by my site! Really we don't all live under the same roof...it was be insane if we did. We do get together alot and that is crazy! Anyways...props to ur cute layout and todays entry is beautiful!! take care ~*Nicole*~
I can't believe it's been that long either. I was also a senior in high school. It had happened before I got to school, but I'd always roll out of bed 10 minutes before I needed to be in class. Then we watched the second tower get hit in the very beginning of first period. People I had known since 1st grade were in that class with me and we all just cried and consoled each other.
i just agree with these people, nothing more I can really say.
i was at work...in the airport...my 2nd day on the job...i was by myself. talk about being scared. i didnt know anyone at work...yet when i was watching it...i felt like i needed to help everyone...just to do my part.
i love you and miss you. come soon.
I was in acappella choir class when the planes hit too....weird.
It's weird how we remember the details from that day like it was yeterday. I remember during the class change my friend Kevin told me he thought it was going to be as big of a deal as Pearl Harbor and I told him "no way" Man, was I wrong.
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