This is dedicated to my mom and my English and humanities teacher Ms. Bui.
Table of Contents Notes pg. 37 Story pg. 89 Afterword pg. 10 About the author pg. 11 Bibliography pg. 12
"Come quick, come inside!" I heard someone yelling from inside. Her trembling voice made me rush to get inside; I was the last to enter. But seeing the looks on my I took my eyes off friend’s faces, I the TV for what didn't need to see seemed to be a the television to second, but when I know it wasn't glanced back at it I good news. I saw the only tower shuffled to the TV, remaining starting to I pushed through crumble. Another everyone and plane had flown into kneeled down it. It was as if they making sure I had just replayed the wasn't blocking previous crash, the anyone sitting plane had the same behind me. I effect, glass, fire, focused on the smoke. Fire was screen. Glass surrounding the shattering falling whole tower. Bodies from the sky and were dropping from tons of smoke the tower. Rather forming around than burning people what remained of had chosen to jump the first tower. off.
As both towers collapsed more news were coming, another plane had hit the pentagon and another crashed in Pennsylvania. All this was overwhelming. Everyone was panicking. I couldn't believe what I had just seen; my eyes remained glued to the screen. I looked at the people around me. Some of them had tears streaming down their faces, others just stood still completely shocked from the tragic event we had just seen unfold on the TV.
Others were in denial and whispered, "This can't be true, It's like a movie." My mind was racing with questions. The TV went black, we all stood there for a while waiting for something to happen.
I could have experienced it personally. My point of view and thinking on safety all over the world had changed that day.
Dust and rubble from the debris of the World Trade Center following the attacks
The whole ride home I dreaded having to turn the TV back on. My day had turned upside down. I slowly realized it could've been me standing there watching it happen before my eyes, I was in New York just a week before this disaster happened.
Afterword On September 11, 2001, 19 terrorists associated with the Islamic extremist group AlQaeda took over 4 planes that had departed between 8:00 and 9:00 am from major airports on the East Coast of the United States. Two of the planes were flown into the towers of the World Trade Center, a third plane was flown into the Pentagon just by Washington D.C. The last plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. 2,996 people including the 19 terrorists died due to the attacks.
About the Author Dafna Barisak was born in Istanbul, Turkey on the 12th of January 2004. She is currently 12 years old and has been living in Istanbul all her life. She is a grade seven student at IICS, This is her ninth year at IICS. She has an obsession with kittens and scented candles. She speaks English, Italian, and Turkish. She has two older brothers names Axel and Elio.
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