9-11 Tribute
My 13 th birthday started like any other. I woke up around 7am to my radio alarm clock. I laid in bed for a bit like I always do just singing away to one of my favorite songs. I remember getting this happy feeling followed by a mini adrenaline rush as I thought about being a teenager, starting a new year, and feeling a little more “adult.” As my mind paraded in my happy thoughts, I started to get ready for the day. I remember singing along to the song that played until the radio announcer quickly got on the air to announce that New York’s Twin Towers were on fire a large explosion of some sort. As I left my room I walked into the living room only to find on our TV one of the Twin Towers on fire. People on the news seemed panicked as they kept going back and forth about what had happened. I kept thinking, “Was it a bomb? What’s going on? I don’t understand.” With nothing more than confusion on my mind I went to school. Teachers had the news on in all of the classrooms. M...