It was my Senior year of high school, and I was sitting in my social studies (Western Civ) class. Day was gloomy and damp as there was a thunderstorm rolling through Wisconsin. About 10 minutes into our class, another teacher came running in our class room and turned on the TV. She didn’t say a work to us or our teacher, just interrupted and turned on the tv.

For a quite a while, we just sat there in silence as they tried to assess what happened to the first tower. Moments after they reported that it was definitely a plane that crashed into the building, our school principal came over the PA system, and asked that all teachers turn off their TVs and return to teaching. I was so angered by this. Apparently so was our teacher, as she just left the TV on, and remained completely silent. Then the second plane hit the other tower.

There was no doubt in anyones mind at that moment in my class, that we were under attack from someone somewhere. Again, the principal made the same announcement, but this time, even fewer people cared/listened. Most teachers just closed their classroom doors, and left the TV on as we all sat in silence watching the news as it came in.

When the bell rang for class to end, we went out into the hallway to go to the next class. I remember just how creepy it was to be in a school with 2000+ other students, and not a single sound in those hallways. Someone could have dropped a pin and you would have heard it. Everyone quickly assembled in there next class room, and remained glued to the TV. The newest updates were developing and there was talk about the pentagon being hit and a fourth plane that had been hijacked.

Moments after that period began, a women from personnel came around to every classroom and provided the teacher with a letter and walked back out of the room. My English teacher read the letter aloud even though it was meant for his eyes only. The letter basically was re-iterating that the principal did not want any teach to have their TVs on for any reason for the remainder of the day, because if the students parents intended on their kids watching this news broadcast on TV, then they would come and pull them out of school to watch it at home.

Me and three quarters of the student body skipped classes for the rest of the day. Even the teachers didn’t care who was in their room watching TV, no roll-call or attendance was preformed, and no teaching for the rest of the day, just waiting for new updates on the situation.

I remember being so scared and worried for those who knew people in the towers. That night, I had to work at Target, and when I got there, we were so empty, it was also a little scary. No one was out shopping, and those that were out, were buying american flags and candles for the candle lighting that night.

I hope that everyone reading this, is able to take a moment, and think about where they were when the World Trade Center was hit, and to remember the 2,974 people that lost their lives that day.

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