Item 96904

My life did not totally change because I was only 6 years old when the incident happen on September 11, 2001. I woke up at 7am to watch my favorite cartoon show but i found out that every single channel on tv and i was confused to what have happened. I did not fully understand the great impact upon america and what exactly has happened.

When i went to school on that day, we had story and tell and i told everyone that tv was dominated by two buildings.

Few years later, when i was 9 or so, i remember watching the videos on the towers falling on tv. I thought about those people in the building and surrounding. I guess this was a turning point in my childhood where the belief of the world being innocent shattered.

I would give my prayers for the families who lost a loved one and those people who lost their lives in the building and also the brave firefighters

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