Remembering 9/11

I remember 9/11 well. I was in my 10th grade history class. Mr. Westlund was talking about something when the phone rang. He said "aw, if it's important they'll call back." he continued teaching and a minute later the phone range again. "i guess i should answer it he said." I was sitting in the second seat of the second row. We all turned around and watched him on the phone. His face had that look of shock, he said "someone ran into the world trade centers." rumbling started to fill the classroom. We were in shock as well. Mr. Westlund turned on the radio and we heard stories about the towers being run into as well as a truck that tipped over and the interchange up the road. We couldn't figure out which story was which, and for some reason we may have had to evacuate. We were all confused because the last time we checked the world trade centers were in New York City and we were in Woodbury, MN. We spent the rest of the day in prayer, watching the news, and thinking about what was happening.
After school that day we had to play a soccer game, it was not easy playing after coming off an emotional day at school but we played none the less.

One of the most real moments from 9/11 came the summer after. I went on a missions trip to New York City and got to see ground zero, where the trade centers once stood. It was amazing to see how BIG that site really was. It turned my experience on TV and made it real because i saw where it had happened and the destruction it had caused.