9-11 - I will always remember..

I was in first grade at the time. My dad is in the Navy and we lived on a base. The fire alarm went off and kids only thought it was a fire alarm drill; that is until they realized that it was lasting longer then a fire alarm drill. The teachers lined us up behind the school. We all freaked out and they wouldn't let the parents come and take their children home. I was just happy to get to go home before school was over. When we were in the car I asked what was going on. My mom tried to explain but I was still confused. Then I saw it on the TV. Planes were crashing into these huge buildings. It was horrible.
We were out of school for a few days. After that day I forgot my worries. I didn't know why my mom still was sad. After all, we were a ways away from New York.
Now I know why she was so sad. Some time later, as a result of the terrorist, we tried to get back on base to go home after an outing, these military men told my mom to get out of the car. I got scared when they started to search the car. They were armed with huge guns. When we moved, 4 years later, we went through New York and I saw what the attack had caused. When we passed the location my mom told the story of the attackers. They knew that they would die during the crash and they did it anyway. I will always remember that day when thousands of lives were taken away. Can you imagine how people felt when they found out that their loved ones were killed in a terrorist attack? I can't imagine how scared people who lived around the building were. I hope that God is with them and that this does not happen again.