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What are your personal memories of September 11th?

I woke up to a phone call from my mother. It was odd because she wouldn't usually call in the morning. She was at work and she knew I hate work and class. She told me I had to get to a TV to see the news. By the time I did both plans had hit the WTC. I was unaware of the hugeness of what had happened but I found myself surrounded by students in the Student Center watching something that seemed like a movie. And then the first building collapsed and the shocked swear of the newscaster wasn't bleeped out. And I think I knew how very bad it was then. Newscasters don't get upset about just anything, right?

There was a girl sitting next to me crying. Her mother had an appointment for 9 am at the WTC. She had no idea if she was okay or not and unsurprisingly she couldn't get through to her mother's phone. I remember I put my arm around her in an ineffectual attempt to comfort her but I didn't even know her. Later we found out, in a move absolutely uncharacteristic for her mother, the girl's mother had decided not to make her appointment in the WTC and had no real reason for cancelling.

I was somewhat of an emotional reck the whole day. I never watch the news because it just too sad. But you have to watch when history happens. Even horrible history.