Post #12 The Day the Nation Cried

    The day the terrorists ran their plane into the World Trade Center and Pentagon on September 11th 2001, is a day that will go down in history as the sadest day of my generation. From the moment my area and I heard of the tragedy, we all began to think of the world as very unsafe place, and because of that bases shut down and a war started. We also began to understand that today could be the last day and we need to appreciate what we have now. The day 9/11 is a day that i will always remember and look back on to think of how a country and town came together.
    I was a freshman in high school, sitting in a hard and very boring english class. I think the class was discussing our summer reading assignment when another teacher suddenly ran into the room. After the other teacher ran into the room and was talking to my teacher, I began talking to my best friend Shannon. We were both cheerleaders and had an away game later. While  Shannon  and I were talking, Mrs. Kearney turned on the TV to CNN. We only saw alot of people  running  in the street before she turned the  TV off so we could get back to work. I was not able to watch the TV anymore that day until  I got home from school, but my friends did. At lunch they all told me what they had seen on TV, that airplanes flew into the World Trade Center as well as the Pentagon. Many of my friends and half the school's families are in the airforce, army, navy, marines or CIA, which all have bases in my area. The school was buzzing with what would happen to the friends and families in our area who were in the military and what the bases would do.
    After lunch, the day resumed as usual until the last block, when the school announced that every after-school activity was CANCELED! The only time that happened was when it snowed or a hurricane was about to hit, so everyone now knew the crashes were not an accident. So we all left school to sit at home and watch CNN all night with our families. The next day school was canceled because of the attack and the day after that all the bases went on lock down.
   The attack of 9/11 seriously changed my area because many families lost family members to the war that soon was on way. The way of life on bases around me also changed dramatically. No longer was everyone and anyone allowed on base; you practically had to give blood to get on base after the attacks. Within the last six months, my area has lessened the restrictions on bases and some families are getting their loved ones back. All in all, 9/11  affected the way of life for my area and my good friends.