9/11- Five Years Ago Today

Five years ago, on this date a tragedy occurred in the United States that has changed the world and how we live our lives today. I have been watching CNN pipeline this whole morning; they are airing their original broadcast from that day. It brings up so much emotion for me... fear, sadness, anger, helplessness, worry...etc, etc, etc. For my American cousins I wonder what kind of emotions it brings up for you? I assume feelings much more stronger than mine. May God bless all the families that lost someone that day.

I was also thinking about what I was doing the day this happened... I can remember it pretty clearly. It was a milestone day for me as I was attending my very first day of university at U of T. I had Chem class at 9am so I had no clue as to what was going on, neither did anyone in the class. An hour later, I headed off to my Psych lecture with a couple of friends. Our prof. started the lecture saying something along the lines of "I'm so sorry to have to start this class with such a somber, sad mood, due to the tragedy that has just occurred. ...." No one knew what the guy was talking about. My friends and I were giving eachother confused looks. I honestly thought he was doing some sort of psychology experiment on us! I finally clued into what was happening when my friend and I were going to buy a hot dog from the vendor at College & St. George. His radio was tuned to a CNN broadcast. We listened for a bit, but at the time there was no confirmation that this was a terrorist plot, there really wasn't much information yet. We went home early that day and I watched news all day. I also remember going to the mall later on in the afternoon and so many stores were closed due to what happened. At the time I didn't realize what kind of repercussions this attack to the United States would have, and how it would affect everything we do now!

Anyway, that's my story. Being the teacher that I am, I turn the question over to you. What were you doing that day? Where were you? What can you remember?


Joyce.