…I was getting ready for class (French, I think) when a friend called, frantically telling me to turn on my television. The first tower of the World Trade Center was already hit, smoke billowing out its side. As I asked my friend what was happening a shadow from the second plane moved across before hitting the second tower.
My body went numb and it felt like all of the air sucked out of the room. I calmly told her that I had to get to class, hung up the phone, and while pushing the power button to the remote I asked myself, “What does this mean”…
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