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September 11th

The horror of the event is relived anytime you are reminded of that day

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Whenever I hear the term September 11th, sadness is the first thought that comes to my mind. When I think about the great number of people who have died, and I think about all of their loved ones, I am heartbroken. I feel especially affected when I watch videos of people discussing their loved ones that passed away on 9/11. It makes me emotional because I feel empathy for them, and I could not imagine if it were my mom, my dad, or my sister that died if they were in the wrong place at the wrong time. When I watched the September 11th video in high school, I was extremely affected. Certain parts of the video I could not stop thinking about for the rest of the day, and they kept me up that night.

One of the parts that I could not stop thinking about was when they showed all of the people who were stuck in the twin towers, above the crash. This struck me emotionally because the people whose faces were in the windows, above the crash, were still alive after the crash but they couldn't do anything to save themselves. They are stuck up there, and all that is left to do is wait, knowing that they are going to die. Wasn’t there some way to save them, like a helicopter landing of the roof? Once they realized there was no way out of dying, they chose to jump out of the windows instead of being burned alive. If I was in their position, I do not think I could jump out of the window. I have a fear of heights, and somewhere inside of me, I would be hoping that there was a way that I could get down from the building alive.

Another part of 9/11 affected me. Hearing the sound of the crash of the planes hitting the building caused a reaction out of me. It sounded like blocks getting knocked over, and knowing the impact of the hit was what made the sound so emotional. Knowing that all of the innocent passengers on the planes and the people in the towers were hit head-on and killed with that one sound “CRASH”, makes the sound horrifying. September 11th means to me a day of remembering every victim and feeling empathy for all of their families and friends.

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