9/11 Attack, 2001, by Yolanda

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Who: Y. M.
What: 9/11 Attack
When: 9/11/2001
Where: At School in South Africa

I remember this day quite well. I was in Grade 12 and about to write an English final exam when our teachers told us what was happening here in America. We saw the CNN coverage of the attack and I can tell you now, I was just speechless! I am sure everyone was wondering who could have done something like that.

It does not matter if you are thousands of miles away during such a tragedy; when you hear things like this, you start appreciating the time that you have with your loved ones. I kept on thinking that the people that died had gone to work just like on any normal day and had expected to go home at the end of it. Similarly, their loved ones were expecting to see them at the end of a work day as alway. Six years later, sometimes I still cannot believe it happened.