[Jaydelart]

I was getting ready to go to school, when my mom and dad, glued to the T.V., called me over and told me I could stay home. I actually couldn't fully understand the signficance of what I was watching, at the time, especially that it was all unfolding LIVE. But I do remember it quite well. I remember many images from the event, and also watching overnight coverages of a few military bombardments.

Several days after the attack, one of the new students in our class, an Iraqi boy, stopped attending. Apparently, his family moved back to the Middle East.



Shamefully, it's only occured to me within the last few years what I actually witnessed on my T.V. and of the nation. I can now comprehend more the losses of that day, and the conflicts that escalated as a result. And it's a humbling awakening.


R.I.P., the victims of 9/11. And to the relatively innocent people who lost their lives to the war, Coalition and Iraqi.