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              <text>I teach high school government and sociology.  I'm from Monmouth County, NJ but I now live and teach in Georgia. On Sept. 11, 2001, our second period class had just begun.  Another teacher called me out and told me that a plane had just flown into the WTC.  I thought he was just messing with me.  I put the tv on and a few minutes later I, along with my 26 senior students, witnessed the second plane crash into the second tower.  Shortly after, a report came in from Washington, DC regarding smoke coming from the Pentagon and we soon knew that a third plane had been used to hit a structure.  It was at that moment I had to sit, thinking of my own family and friends when one of my senior students asked, "Ms. Pagano, are we at war?"  Of all of the things a high school teacher sees and hears each day, that had to be the toughest moment of my career.  How do you answer that question to a classroom full of young adults, scared and in disbelief when you can't even comprehend it yourself?  I'll never forget that 
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              <text>I live in Melbourne Australia, and on 9/11 i was in bed asleep. I was woken by my phone at about 10.45pm from a friend who said to quickly turn on your tv, New York was being attacked. When i saw what was happening I was so shocked and wasnt fully understanding what had happend. Living in Australia I wasnt directley affected, but I was there nearly a year ago from that at the world trade centre, holidaying in NYC. And i knew of others that were travelling there for holidays or work.I woke my mum up and told her as i was crying what was happening. We sat up for the next 3hrs sitting there in disbeliefe. It was so upsetting seeing what was happening and knowing what the damage and loss of life there was going to be. Because i had been in the WTC, the year before. Not only was it terrible that the buildings and planes and collided but those other helpless people on the flights that crashed in to P.A and the Pentagon. And just knowing that these people knew they were going to die or that there wasnt much they could do to save them selves. That is the one of the most sadest things that will stay with me forever. And now everytime i hear a plane fly over i cringe and think back to that devestating day. My heart goes out to all the victims and loved ones lives who had there lives taken so terribly, and that i pray for you everyday that you have the strength to go on and live your lives to the fullest, beacuse you really never know what tomorow will bring.... </text>
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              <text>As I was bombarded with constant information I found myself trying to put into words what I was feeling.  What follows is my attempt to do just that.

        If you are like me you have spent the last week with many thoughts and images going through your mind.  Through it all there have been some over riding themes that seem to always come through.  

	First I have to admit that I am depressed.  This I believe is from the grieving that accompanies a death.  In this case it is a death of innocence along with the overwhelming destruction of people.  I shouldnt be surprised, like the rest of us I have been denying what was probably inevitable.  Any time you allow people to be disenfranchised they are going to be easily lead.  Just look on our own shores to the gangs and cults. When people feel they will not be able to better themselves they are then victim to those who would use their hopelessness to their own ends.  They also prey on the feelings of uselessness and anger at not being able to climb from the dregs. 

	I also feel that those responsible need to be held accountable for their actions and also those who would aid in such an act.  However the testosterone rhetoric only fans the flames and does not allow for thoughtful action.  This act of terrorism was about the United States and yet it was not.  We are the ones who are most visible and seem to have the most.  If it were another country that was at the forefront then they would have been the targets.  I am also not sure that war is the answer.  We as a people are being asked to act on emotion and not logic.  We are being asked to answer a call when we really need to grieve. Yet we also need to take action.  This more than anything seems to point to the issue being more complex than we want to accept.  As an instantaneous society we want immediate results.  That is not a reality and really never has been.  To get the best results takes time and we are not in a position to allow that, or are not willing to take the steps to allow that.

	Throughout history havent we learned that violence only breeds violence?  We always say the war to end all wars, but we still allow people to starve, not only for food, but freedom, human rights and health.  

	The American people are a proud and strong people.  We are also loving and forgiving.  Just now, I am afraid that we are looking to the first at the cost of the second.  If as we say we are a God fearing people then we should remember to love your neighbor as yourself.  As a child said, if God is the same with just different names then how does he choose whom to support?  My answer would be God does not choose, but we make the choice.  I hope in my heart that we make the right one for we will live with that choice for generations to come just as we have lived with those choices made by those who came before us.

	



	Like everyone else I wish I had all the right answers.  This also contributes to the feelings of pressure and depression.  May we think intelligently and rightly!  May we come through this even stronger and more determined to eradicate the seeds that lead to people feeling they have no hope all over this planet.  If not then we will continue to go through this time after time.




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