Remembering September 11, 2001

I was in fourth grade when it happened. I didn't know what to think. Our nation had been attacked by terrorists. Though it was far from home, it hit hard because my aunt was supposed to be on one of the planes to New York that day, but it was miraculously canceled. A teacher at my school had family in New York, she was anxious to find out if they were okay. Over 2,000 people lost their lives that day. Firefighters, volunteers, search dogs...searched the rubble of ground zero for many countless hours searching for missing loved ones. I remember seeing the footage, it was very touching to see. I will never forget what happened that day, our country became united as one.