We will never forget what happened that September day,
Watching the television was so unreal I didn't know what to say;
I was getting ready to go to school when I stopped to look,
"Was this for real?" my head I shook;
I was so confused I didn't know what to do,
The only thing to do was pray for each of you.
So I just wrote that little poem based on my experience, but I couldn't put the rest in poem form. I will jot down what I remember of that day.
I woke up and was getting ready for school. I had just graduated High School and was attending Cypress College. I believe it was a Tuesday and I had a History type of class that day. My routine was normal until I stepped into the living room. My parents had the news on. "Did you see what happened?" I thought what are you talking about I just woke up. As I watched the towers on fire I didn't realize how bad everything really was. I had never been to New York so I didn't know how important those towers were. Then watching the plane fly into the other tower...WHOA!! Now that was kind of scary. Why on earth would someone do that?!? The people on the news were just as shocked as we were. I thought I don't know anyone there do I...No thankfully. I decided to go to class despite all that was going on because I don't miss class. When I arrived I noticed a bunch of people huddled around a TV watching the news. It's the only thing on our minds. I believe the teacher let us go early. It was definitely a weird day. I went home and the news was still on. It was the only thing on.
I was glad that we were going out that evening. It was my older brother's 21st birthday. He didn't know if we should go out anymore with everything going on. It was his birthday and we needed to still celebrate, no question. We went to the Olive Garden and tried to forget what was happening in the world. Who would have known that 9/11 would be such a significant date in history. More events happened: the Towers falling, the Pentagon and the Pennsylvania crash. After a while I didn't want to watch it...it was too sad think about.
Looking back I still can't believe that it actually happened. But we must find the good in it and move on. God is SO good and He has a purpose for everything.
