Where were you on 9/11?

Today marks the three-year anniversary of one of the most important events in American, as well as world, history: 9/11. That was the day when four airplanes crashed into buildings and on land, killing thousands of Americans and grinding America to a halt before recovering in the days following the worst massacre caused by terrorists.

Where were you when the crisis happened? I was still in high school at North Warren Regional High School as a senior, having just finished many tests in order to graduate later next year. As far as I remember, I brought in my senior trip sheet in order to attend a cruise in Philly, a trip to New York that included a musical called Aida as well as a lunch at Jekyll and Hyde's and a trip to Radio City Music Hall for the Easter Spectacular, and a summer trip to a resort in the Poconos.  Other than that, it was another ordinary school day.

I was in art class with Mrs. Bennett when Mrs. Hough told her to turn on the TV because a plane crashed in the Pentagon. The TV came on, and all of the students, including me, were shocked. Not only the famous structure in Arlington, VA, but one of the two Twin Towers in NYC was attacked by a hijacked airplane. Later on when my senior class had lunch, a fourth plane crashed into rural southwestern Pennsylvania moments after a third plane crashed into the second and final tower, causing it to collapse in front of many students' broken hearts. All throughout the day, we watched wall-to-wall news coverage of the events, which was more than the smaller terror attack on the WTC way back in 1993, when a bomb exploded near the bottom of one of the towers. Back then, I was in Slocum Skewes elementary school in Mr. Noonan's class.

When I came home from school on 9/11, I was amazed at all the networks on my cable TV system  break the news about the attacks (including MTV). Several stations in the New York area almost lost signal because of the destruction of the towers, one of which carried a strong broadcast signal.

In conclusion, 9/11 was a day that I'll never forget.

God Bless America.