9/11

September 11th is a significant event that I remember.  I was in the third grade and preparing for school.  My father was watching the morning news and saw the first plane hit.  He called me into the room to see what was going on.  When I arrived a saw the second plane hit the World Trade Center.  I was not fully aware of the significance of the event while I was watching.  It was interesting to me to watch the large explosions.  I then went to school, where no one was discussing the event.  No teachers, no students, no one.  My teacher asked me and a friend to go down the the lunch room the ask the lunch ladies if we could borrow something for class.  In the lunch room, the lunch ladies were sitting around tables watching CNN on the TV.  When we walked into the room we looked at the TV and saw the first building collapse.  As the lunch ladies reacted, neither of us understood why this was such a big deal.  We asked our question and returned to class where we told the teacher and other students what we saw.  While none of the other students understood either, there was a reaction from the teacher.  She went and told the other third grade teachers as quick as she could.  While I did not understand the impact of the event, as time goes on, I gain a better understanding of what happened that day.