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I was in 12th grade when it happened. I remember class was interrupted by someone bring a memo to our teacher. She stopped class and said "Oh. A plane hit a building." We thought it was an isolated incident and it was business as usual. When the 2nd plane hit, they stopped classes and turned on the TVs in all of the classrooms. We watched for a few hours (we weren't required to go to our following classes). It was very surreal. The last time I remembered feeling like that was when Columbine was happening.
My mom had a flight to the east coast at that time and I couldn't get in touch with her to see if she was OK.
I was part of my campus's Leadership Academy, and we put together a series of events to raise money for victims. I think we grossed about $20K and we were able to donate half of that.
I am from the east coast, so every year, I take a moment for those that were affected back in 2001.
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*doesn't lose butt*
Last edited by knight_shadow; 09-11-2009 at 08:35 PM.
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