9/11, 2001-Personal Narrative

On September 11, 2001 tragedy struck. The sky was blue and it was a beautiful morning. I was walking down the street to get some breakfast with an old friend. I opened the door to the old Copper Lantern restaurant where we were suppose to meet, and there she was. She looked so amazing it was great to finally see Amanda again! Midcoversation there was suddenly a loud boom, and the ground rumbled. Girls in the restaurant screamed, with in minutes everything was chaotic. I grab Amanda's hand a pulled her through the waves of families till we finally got to the door. I took my first steps outside and everything was in a haze.

The morning of 9/11 I wasn’t going to go to work because I had an allergy appointment,

As most Americans know, for over 10 years already, we have been in a war with Afghanistan due to the World Trade Center attack on 9/11. The war had a stated goal to dismantle the Taliban and a terrorist organization called “Al-Qaeda,” as well as to end Al-Qaeda’s use of Afghanistan as their base for making facilities such as terrorist training camps and secretive underground bases. The War on Terror began on October 7th, 2001, as a result of the 9/11 terrorist attacks where nearly 3,000 innocent American citizens lost their lives. Many people do believe that the terrorist attack was a “false flag” operation on America by the Elite who run the country with a goal to run oil pipelines from the Caspian Sea through Afghanistan all the way to

It was a cold January morning. The smell of fire was strong throughout the air and smoke filled the room. There was a strong, loud beeping sound throughout the house. It wasn’t just coming from one place, it was coming from multiple. My family hurries to find our animals as we call 911. I can’t be dreaming, is this real life?

On September 11, 2001, I was seated in my third grade class at the age of eight years old. Every morning we had a “news” station that would automatically come on at 8:30 a.m. called Channel One News, tailored for children. However, after this five minute long news segment ended we started class. I remember commotion in the halls, and my teacher went out to see what was going on. She came back in, and immediately turned on the television that had just recently automatically shut off. There is was, a burning building, at the time I had no clue what was going

On September 11’th 2001 on the morning hijacked by 19 Arab men 4 aircraft were all heading towards California, and used them as suicide missiles. They flew into the World Trade Center two twin towers, the Pentagon and after a long struggle with passengers crashed last down on a field. World Trade Center consisted of seven buildings, three of the buildings collapsed and the four others were damaged by the other collapsed. It is believed that the 19 Arab men, was led by the Egyptian Mohammed Atta (1968-2001) 5.

9/11 could be looked at from many different perspectives. Some may say it was a national terror, and we changed as a nation, but others may agree it had a more personal effect. As for Dick, well he said 9/11 wasn’t a turning point for him in any way. He noted, “for the country, yes, but for me, not so much.” He agreed that it affected how we lived, for example, an increase in airport security, but he knew he would have to get back on a plane soon, and because of the attack, the security would be higher. The risk of a repeat attack was low. He also explained that it was very moving seeing everyone trying to help after the attack had taken place. He concluded, “I think our country came together, and I think there is still patriotism because of

Jean the attack on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center did not happen on September 1, 2011, rather it was September 11, 2001. I clearly remember the day as I was able to see the smoke filled sky from my windows in New York City. Our televisions and radios were not working so most of us did not know what was going on. My husband was late for work because he was waiting for his brother; so they were both late which saved their lives as the train station they were supposed to get off on blew up at the time they were supposed to get there. He made it almost all the way to work when the trains stopped running and he had to walk for hours back home he called me crying as he saw people’s limbs, hands feet with shoes all over the street. Also

It had just seemed like an ordinary day, but after that day had passed, the day of September 11th, was no where close to ordinary. It all started out as if it was any workday.

September 11, 2001, changed me, I remember it was a Tuesday morning I put my sons Frank and Brandon on the school bus. I remember looking up at the sky thinking what a perfectly gorgeous weather day it was. The large fluffy white clouds made the shade of the blue sky even more deep and brilliant.

It was a day like any other, until Surai hears a piercing screech that slowly fades away. “Hey, did you guys hear that?” says Surai. “Yeah it sounded like a scream” replies Tooler. “I wonder who it was?” questions Mickey. All of them rush to the edge and discover nothing. They all say their goodnights and return to our rooms. They all go to sleep wondering who made that noise. The next day we wake up and find a load of people crowded on the deck. “It’s chaos” Surai says. Tooler goes up and asks Schmedrick what’s wrong. “Schmandon has gone missing, and a bunch of people thought they heard a scream last night” replies Schmedrick. Surai, Mickey, and Tooler then realize that it was Schmandon who made the scream last night. “I think that Schmandon

I can remember that particular Tuesday, I was getting ready for work and my brother an employee of American Airlines at the Los Angeles International Airport called the house and told my mother to turn on the t.v., because something was going on back home in New York. We would never imagine that it was something that made us drop to our knees in prayer. I could hear my mother say, “Oh My God, the building is on fire.” Just as she said those words, sitting there in a state of shock, we realized that we were watching the second airplane go through the other tower. We thought that it was a recap of what had already taken place until I looked at the bottom caption and it said “live.” It was something that you would see in a war movie. To see this unfold right before my eyes, I was sick. I began crying and said, “oh no what about our family.” They worked in the towers. A few of them on the top floors at least thirty stories up. My father grabbed the phone and immediately began to dial his sister who worked for the Chase Bank across the street from there. Her and my

On this very exact date of September 11, 2001 I remember sitting in my first grade class at my desk. My teacher turned the news radio on and I remember hearing about the tragedy that was happening. At that time, I had no idea of what was really going on but I knew something was happening. As the day went on there were fewer and fewer kids in my class. Parents were coming and getting their kids earlier from school. Early dismissals throughout the whole day. At the end of the day you could say that there was only a hand full of kids in my class, including myself. Now as an adult I understand the panic of all parents and the reasons for all the early dismissals.

I remember the rain, it was calm as it splashed against my kitchen window, while I waited for dinner to be served. It was a normal evening, my family and I gathered around the table ready to celebrate my grandparent's anniversary. My Dad had made a feast to feed all of Africa, over Labor day weekend to congratulate his parents on fifty years of marriage.

My mom was 25 years old, living in New York, studying at Columbia University. Columbia University is 6 miles from ground zero. She was wearing a swimsuit and on her way to teach a class in the pool at 8:00 am. A few kids in her class talked about a small plane flying into the south tower. That class went for the full hour. After that she walked to her on-campus apartment. Several of her roommates were watching tv. It seemed like a minute then the north tower was hit. Everyone