nmah6613.xml

nmah6613.xml

As I think back to September 11, I remember that I was still in 8th grade. I think that I was too young to recognize nationalism. My father is Japanese, so he did not have a strong sense of American pride, so we did not put up a flag. Now, however, I think I should have put up a flag. Although I did not put one up, my feelings about the flag has changed. Since that day I felt that a flag was much more than just a flag.

On September 11, I got a dose of reality. I no longer felt that things like terrorism will not happen in my life time. Even now, I feel something like this could happen again. When I got home from school that day and watched the news, I felt a strong hatred for the terrorists, but later on I became more interested in why it happened.

I think that all of the people that lost their lives should never be forgotten, especially the ones who died saving others.

That tragic day started off as any other day for me. I made my way to Middle School, without a care in the world. I was the type of person who didn't watch the news, so there was no way for me to know until I got to school. Most of the students at school acted normal, but my first period teacher announced what happened that morning. I didn't think of it much, but I was shocked that it actually happened, and I thought about how brave people were that gave up their own lives to save others.

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2004-09-09