Remember 9/11 - 20 years later
20 years ago this day I was walking into my 1st period AP English Literature class like every other day. The TV was on and I turned to my neighbor and asked, "So movie day today?" Some whispered to me and said, "No, this is happening right now!" 😲😲😲!!! (Also, this is probably one of the top 10 dumbest thing that has ever left my mouth!) For the rest of the class period we sat there in shock. Scenes from 9/11 was put on replay - planes crashing into the twin towers, the collapsed of the towers, people running away, shouting, screaming. I remembered there were parents that called the school to pick up their kids. We drifted from one class to the next class, staring at the TV, no class really went on that day. As a senior in high school it was difficult to grasp what happened that day. It seemed surreal, as it was only something that can only be concocted in a movie. I remember us going into war against Afghanistan, then Iraq (during my freshman year in college), I ...