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I was in 11th grade in Mrs. O'Keefe's Public Speaking class. I remember aides delivering notes to all the teachers, then the principal coming over the intercom and telling the teachers to read the notes to the classes. Everyone was in shock and we had a million questions, and to this day I can't believe my teacher's reaction: "I don't know any more information than you do, but we are not going to let this interrupt class." Every other person I know was allowed to watch TV and see all the footage, and we weren't even allowed to discuss what had happened.

We ended up being sent home at noon that day- I grew up in MD and kids in my school have parents who worked at the Pentagon. I also remember we were allowed to use our cell phones to call our parents, and I panicked because both my parents worked for the federal government (one at NSA headquarters) and neither answered their work phones. Luckily, they were released immediately when the attacks on the Pentagon happened.

Strange stories- my ex boyfriend's friend's father was supposed to be on the flight out of Logan. He didn't get a first class seat so he decided to wait for the next flight. Also, one of the kids in one of my HS classes had a mom who worked at the area of the Pentagon that was hit- she stayed home that day with his sick sister.