story2022.xml
Title
story2022.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
story
Date Entered
2002-09-10
911DA Story: Story
September 11
I was in second period at Northmont High School in Clayton, Ohio on the morning of September 11, 2001. Math was second period for me last year. My teacher had just finished her lesson for the day and said that we could turn on the television. She had said that some type of terrorist act had taken place in the World Trade Center. I did not think much of it because the WTC had been the victim of many terrorists acts before. I thought it was something like a car bomb outside the building, or something small like that. When we turned on the television, however, my thoughts were far from the truth. I remember looking at the time when I saw it; it was 9:12 a.m. What I had seen was two enormous towers with smoke billowing from the tops. I had no idea of what just happened or why. I began staring at the TV in awe. It wasn?t two minutes later when I found out that two airliners had smashed into the sides of both towers. Later, I found out that other planes had been hijacked and taken down. Then, I knew for sure that this was all planned. All day I was glued to the news wondering what happened. Throughout the day I couldn?t help but be amazed by the events that had just gone down. I wondered how or why anyone would take it upon themselves to try and destroy a nation. I wondered how the country would respond. I wondered if we were ever going to bounce back.
At the end of the day, my questions were answered. What I saw on the TV that night, was just as amazing as what I had seen that morning. I saw people coming together. I saw people helping people that they didn?t know, or would never know had it not been for the horrendous events of that morning. It was at that point that I knew we as a people were going to survive. That we as a people were going to make it through this. Most importantly, that we as a people were going to answer to the terrorists. Obviously, the terrorists did not know who they were getting involved with, because if they did, they might have thought twice about their actions. They would have known that it takes a little more than a dastardly act to take down a nation like ours. We are the greatest nation in the world for a variety of reasons. Not only our military, but the people that live here. We could have folded under, but we decided to bind together and fight these terrorists. It was the greatest act of courage, bravery, and patriotism I have ever witnessed.
United We Stand and God Bless The U.S.A. -Matt Drummelsmith
I was in second period at Northmont High School in Clayton, Ohio on the morning of September 11, 2001. Math was second period for me last year. My teacher had just finished her lesson for the day and said that we could turn on the television. She had said that some type of terrorist act had taken place in the World Trade Center. I did not think much of it because the WTC had been the victim of many terrorists acts before. I thought it was something like a car bomb outside the building, or something small like that. When we turned on the television, however, my thoughts were far from the truth. I remember looking at the time when I saw it; it was 9:12 a.m. What I had seen was two enormous towers with smoke billowing from the tops. I had no idea of what just happened or why. I began staring at the TV in awe. It wasn?t two minutes later when I found out that two airliners had smashed into the sides of both towers. Later, I found out that other planes had been hijacked and taken down. Then, I knew for sure that this was all planned. All day I was glued to the news wondering what happened. Throughout the day I couldn?t help but be amazed by the events that had just gone down. I wondered how or why anyone would take it upon themselves to try and destroy a nation. I wondered how the country would respond. I wondered if we were ever going to bounce back.
At the end of the day, my questions were answered. What I saw on the TV that night, was just as amazing as what I had seen that morning. I saw people coming together. I saw people helping people that they didn?t know, or would never know had it not been for the horrendous events of that morning. It was at that point that I knew we as a people were going to survive. That we as a people were going to make it through this. Most importantly, that we as a people were going to answer to the terrorists. Obviously, the terrorists did not know who they were getting involved with, because if they did, they might have thought twice about their actions. They would have known that it takes a little more than a dastardly act to take down a nation like ours. We are the greatest nation in the world for a variety of reasons. Not only our military, but the people that live here. We could have folded under, but we decided to bind together and fight these terrorists. It was the greatest act of courage, bravery, and patriotism I have ever witnessed.
United We Stand and God Bless The U.S.A. -Matt Drummelsmith
Collection
Citation
“story2022.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed December 24, 2025, https://www.911digitalarchive.org/items/show/13085.