http://hilze.wordpress.com Sun, 11 Sep 2011 19:43:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://hilze.wordpress.com http://hilze.wordpress.com/2011/09/11/ten-years-ago-today/ http://hilze.wordpress.com/2011/09/11/ten-years-ago-today/#comments Sun, 11 Sep 2011 19:40:00 +0000 Hilary https://hilze.wordpress.com/2011/09/11/ten-years-ago-today/ ]]> …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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