NYC
As we get out of the tunnel, I hear a really loud noise. I look up, and I see a plane flying so low. It is about 100 feet above the car. I feel my heart start to pound, my stomach begins to twist and turn, and I feel like throwing up all of my breakfast. Something isn't right. I turn my face and look inside the car next to me; by the expression on their faces, I could tell that they feel uncertainty too. I look up again, and it seems like theplane is going to crash into one of the towers. I think to myself, "No way." By the time I am done saying this in my head, it happened. A plane went right through one of the Twin Towers. The flames start to rise out of the building. I had ever seen a building on fire in my entire life. It looks like a movie. The flames go straight up into the air and form black clouds. All of a sudden, traffic came to a halt. My mother snaps out of the state of shock she was in. Over and over again she mutters, "We have to get out of New York now." The only thing I can do is stare at her. Nothing comes out of my mouth. It is just a moment of silence. My mom is trying so hard to get to the other tunnel, so we can go to New Jersey. However, there is no sense in trying.
I have slowly pulled myself together, and am trying to get on with my life. In the future, I hope that our government will regulate the immigrants that come into this country, so that we can prevent something like this from ever happening again. People should have some kind of background check. Another improvement that they need to reinforce is security in airports, and other public places. The American government needs to take control, and the American people need to understand and accept that some of the rights will be taken away. We need to understand that if we want to see improvement we must go through change. These changes might be easy to endure and others might not be. Although Bin Laden has won part of the war, I cannot let him change the way I live because if I do he will win the war. What I saw had a strong impact on me psychologically. I had never, in a million years, thought that I would ever have to witness something like this. At first, I couldn't sleep, eat or talk. I just sat there confused. I felt like someone ripped my heart out of my body. I cried so much that my body felt empty inside. Tears were just coming out of my eyes for no reason. It was the worst feeling I have ever had in my entire life. I looked a mess. I had black bags underneath my eyes, and I didn't say a word for about 12 hours. When I tried to say something, you couldn't understand me because I had to breath after ever word that came out of my mouth. Watching the TV made it worst because they showed the videotapes over and over again on every single channel. I couldn't get away from it. I couldn't get it out of head. I did not know what to do with myself. The next day I found out that my brother, a firefighter in New York, went to help out. He was the first squad that was called in. My mother and I were going to visit him before I left. My brother was one of the many that never got out. It feels like ten minutes pass by, and the sound of another plane is slowly becoming louder, "Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh." It is flying over our heads. By this time, I know e
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Twin Towers, Watching TV, CIA FBI, Rattling City, Bin Laden, entire life, sudden traffic, happened plane,
Approximate Word count = 1401
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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