Throwback 9/11 , 11 years ago

           Tuesday,September 11,2001 -Tuesday,September 11,2012;it has been eleven years since that tragic day in New York and sadly it sometimes seems that the further and further we get away from that day in years and time ,the further and further people get from caring. There are some people that were too young,or not even born during that time. Some people would say things like,"Oh,well,it did not happen to my family or it did not happen in my state so why should I care."   That is horrible that some people actually say that and think those things when they should be thankful that it did not affect any of their family members or anyone that they know. I hear people joking around about it and it shocks me how they are. This is NOT something to joke about AT ALL. If you ever hear someone saying things like that ,we need to challenge them by asking them,"What if you were in the tower that day and survived? Would you have had that same attitude about it? Then would you have cared and honored policemen,firefighters,soldiers,and  America's flag?"     It makes you think about it,doesn't it?  We should never forget that day and the thousands of innocent men ,women,and children that lost their lives that day. This is NOT a myth. This actually happened 11 years ago.

      I remember where I was that day,even though I was only in 1st grade. It started out as any normal Tuesday for a 1st-grader (Today I'm a 12th-grader.). I went to school ready to learn something new. Little did I know that I would learn about something that day that would change America and ultimately the WORLD. My teacher's name was Mrs. Edwards and she wanted to turn on the television in class because she said that she knew somebody that worked in one of the buildings located somewhere around the twin towers. She brought the television into the room and my whole class and I sat there and watched. As 1st graders,we had no idea what exactly we were watching. I remember thinking that we were watching some kind of movie and thinking to myself, "What kind of movie is this and why are we watching it?"   I went home that day and I still did not understand.  I found out about everything when I was older. Then I fully comprehended what happened on September 11,2001. It was either that year or the next school year that my whole entire school,class by class,put on a performance talking about and honoring America.

     The point that I'm trying to get across is whether it is September 11,2030, or September 11,3000,or even if it isn't  September,please do not be like the people that I know that simply don't care and joke around about that. No matter if it is 20, 30, 100,or 1,000 years into the future,do not forget what happened on that day. Please take it seriously and respect America. It took alot of hard work to become the United States of America and I don't want to see it fall apart. We need to stand together and we need to stand strong through everything that we go through. America really is a great and beautiful nation. People just need to keep it that way,a beautiful America that is not afraid to stand up for its freedom.