9/11 By Gabi
This book is dedicated to my dad, who has a great story to tell It is also dedicated to Ms. Bui. because she has taught me so much. .
The moment I stepped I was trotting down the I snapped out of my street without a care in the into the room everything transfixed state. “My wife, felt surreal, there were how is she? I knew I to go world, doing the last few errands I had to do before I women getting their hair home immediately.”I done. Their eyes were thought. I can’t leave her went back home. As I entered a furniture shop to fixated on the television alone while this tragedy pick up a piece that I had screen. While they were happens. Clip, clop, clip, being all pampered a ordered the store owner clop. My shoes were disaster was came rushing in. hitting against the ground unfolding.That moment I with such a force it almost “Have you heard what saw the screen was a happened?” Her shaky made me jump. voice made the hair on the shattering site, I could feel The door creaked open. my heart sinking. One “Rick? Are you okay? You back of my neck stand up. building standing. “I have no clue what you look startled!” Of course are talking about!” I felt the Everything was okay it she didn’t know. This tension in the room grow by seemed untouched. My house still felt new. So did eyes quickly scrolled next the city. We didn’t have a the second. “Follow me.” She tugged to it, how could there be television yet. After my arm, making my sleeve such an awful calamity. summarizing what I saw I This building was dead, tugged her arm, we ran to wrinkle up. Together we ran across the street. I felt destroyed, broken. This the nearest café. Each was the moment, the my feet connecting to the time I ran I heard my moment when I realised. shoes again. “Clip, clop, ground each step of the way. My breathing became Every thought, every idea clip, clop.” I had about safety was heavy, finally we reached completely altered. If an our destination which seemed to be a hair salon. attack like that could just happen, what does that mean? How can anything else be safe? What makes me know that won’t happen again.
We hastily found a seat that had a good view of the television. There we go! “BOOM!” A loud gasp came from everyone around. The second twin tower was struck. A jet stuck into the side of it as if it was hammered in. I knew at that moment that September 11th was going to be a day to remember. We were stuck there, just watching. Everyone was helpless, people were jumping off the building because they knew they would have burned if they didn’t. Strange noises started coming from the TV, followed by more screaming. I heard somebody on the TV scream “It is falling! Get back!” My wife and I looked at each other in anguish. It was already bad enough, now everyone who was still stuck in there was going to be crushed? I saw the flames, the people screaming.
felt awful, sick even. Afterword I thought it couldn’t get any On September 11th 2001 worse. Then the other tower four planes were hijacked. fell down as well. All of the One was flown into The awful feelings I just had Pentagon. Two into The rushed back to me. I felt the World Trade Center, and pain for all of those lost one supposedly landed lives. So many of my ideas safely. The planes were changed that day. hijacked by terrorists associated with alQaeda. This was a huge disaster, hundreds of people were killed. Security in airports got way tighter.
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About the author Gabriella Hummel will be marrying Dafna Barisak on January 12th 2017. Coincidentally that is both their birthday. Gabi is going to be 113 this january. She is hoping to get into Potato college in a couple of years. Seen as she is on the younger side of being a loaf she has many dreams such as becoming a famous mouse, or being a potato baker. If these dreams come true her life goal will be complete. Her bucket list has one thing on it: Don't die. The reason this is on it is cause she knows life well. When Gabriella is newly wed she will adopt a baby potato with Dafna.
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