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dinomite · 09-12-2001, 04:54 PM

i was in school, in arlington where the pentagon is. my school is about 3 miles from the pentagon. the first crash happened right as we were switching classes, and i walked into my english class, and cnn was on the tv (there are tvs in every classroom). they had a shot of the twin WTC towers, and one of them had massive amounts of smoke pouring out, and the teacher told everyone walking in that a plane had it it. my first thought was of 1920/30 when a b-29 hit the empire state building, and i just thought it was a stupid pilot. then, as we watched, another plane hit the other tower. we immediately realized that something really was wrong.

at that point, my english teacher turned off the tv, told us to write our essays, as she left the room (to go watch tv). after that period, i hurried to my next class, tv production. in that class we get to do what we wish, really, and the tv was immediately turned on. our class is also responsible for the morning anouncements, and we were told not to mention the events in new york. right after the normal announcements, the principal came on the PA and told all the teachers to turn off their tvs, that there was no factual evidence that anything had happened. this was as many off the classes in the school were WATCHING THE TRADE CENTERS COLLAPSE.

i watched the tv all period, and then went to lunch. at lunch, myself and a few friends left to go get food and watch tv at home for the period. after eating, we came back to the school, to go to class. when we got there, we saw them forcibly bloking the doors to keep people in the school, and we decided that we didn't want to be trapped in there. my school's reaction to this event was horrible. in their attempt to control the situation, they simply incited terror into the students, especially because MANY of the student's parents work at the pentagon, and other government buildings, that could have been under attack.

today, we had no school, but my bloody count was the last one in the area that decided to cancel school, even thought it was our county that was under attack.

[This message has been edited by dinomite (edited 09-12-2001).]

09-12-2001, 04:54 PM	#23
dinomite The Dude Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 1,262	i was in school, in arlington where the pentagon is. my school is about 3 miles from the pentagon. the first crash happened right as we were switching classes, and i walked into my english class, and cnn was on the tv (there are tvs in every classroom). they had a shot of the twin WTC towers, and one of them had massive amounts of smoke pouring out, and the teacher told everyone walking in that a plane had it it. my first thought was of 1920/30 when a b-29 hit the empire state building, and i just thought it was a stupid pilot. then, as we watched, another plane hit the other tower. we immediately realized that something really was wrong. at that point, my english teacher turned off the tv, told us to write our essays, as she left the room (to go watch tv). after that period, i hurried to my next class, tv production. in that class we get to do what we wish, really, and the tv was immediately turned on. our class is also responsible for the morning anouncements, and we were told not to mention the events in new york. right after the normal announcements, the principal came on the PA and told all the teachers to turn off their tvs, that there was no factual evidence that anything had happened. this was as many off the classes in the school were WATCHING THE TRADE CENTERS COLLAPSE. i watched the tv all period, and then went to lunch. at lunch, myself and a few friends left to go get food and watch tv at home for the period. after eating, we came back to the school, to go to class. when we got there, we saw them forcibly bloking the doors to keep people in the school, and we decided that we didn't want to be trapped in there. my school's reaction to this event was horrible. in their attempt to control the situation, they simply incited terror into the students, especially because MANY of the student's parents work at the pentagon, and other government buildings, that could have been under attack. today, we had no school, but my bloody count was the last one in the area that decided to cancel school, even thought it was our county that was under attack. [This message has been edited by dinomite (edited 09-12-2001).]