9/11

Eight years ago I was living in a little town called Cushing, Texas. All I remember about 9/11 is my class making posters about it, I don't even remember my teacher's name. The weeks following 9/11, i remember making posters about the soldiers and having patriotic contests. I don't really remember hearing or seeing anything about it, at least not until the next year.

I think even 20 years from now we will still remember 9/11 even if we don't honor or commemorate it anymore. We will always remember it.

I think the terrorists chose to attack America because we're the top dogs. We represent freedom and power and maybe they chose to attack us because we stand for something. To let the world know what they think of us and our choices.

Both of my parents were in the army and they retired to have a family together, but for some reason unknown to me, my mother decided to get back in after 9/11. So she was gone for almost two years either training or in Iraq. I think the attack greatly affected her and my father, maybe not directly, but it did affect them.

If I were to write a story about 9/11, I would choose a point of view from someone who was beside the Twin Towers. Or maybe even working in the towers. My story would be about what they went through and what they're thoughts might have been.