There hopeful will never be another event like the one that took place on September 11th, 2001. When terrorist hijacked airplanes and flew them into buildings and an open field in Pennsylvania. They changed the lives of everyone in the world. Everyday life was altered to be more cautious at the airport, public buildings and transit centers. The days following September 11th were the scariest. A good portion of Manhattan was shut down and a huge smoke cloud hung over the lower Hudson River and across the skyline. If you were in Monmouth County, you could see it from the Bayshore area and all most could do was pray and cry thinking of all of the poor souls lost in the buildings. However, what also was lost the sense of freedom that we once had. The world changed that day and for those who lived through it, it was a huge change.

You will never forget where you were and what you were doing on that day. As for myself, I was in seventh grade. I was coming back from my locker when I got back into the classroom, my whole class was gone and the teacher looks worried. She told me planes had hit the world trade center and one tower collapsed. I can remember being in shock and confused about what's happening. Next, we moved over to a classroom across the hall and watched in horror as the second tower burned and collapsed. Most of the rest of the day I was in shock and lot of my fellow classmates were taken home by their parents. Also living in the Bayshore area I remembers seeing the smoke where the buildings once stood on my bus ride home it was a sad and long day I know I will never forget.

As we have hit the 15th anniversary, we now have freshman entering high school who were not even born at a time of the events. An article in the Bergen Record mentioned that it will be up to school districts and teachers to come up with a lesson plan on 9/11, as no real lesson plan is out for them to follow or required for them. This important event must be taught right and it worries me a little that the state does not have an official plan for teachers to discuss with students. Hopefully, they can all discuss in a mature and thoughtful way. This is a day we must remember to not forgot and honor those lost — all the brave fireman and policeman who ran in and saved people not knowing if they come back out.