Number 4 September 11, 2001

I was at the coast in Fort Bragg, California. Me, my mom, little sister, brother, and grandma were on vacation and would be for the next several days. I remember vividly the surroundings on that terrible morning. I had fallen asleep laying on a sleeping pad the night before but when I woke up I was lying under it. My mom had called me and flipped on the tv. Peeking out from under my pad, I saw the images of two buildings covered in smoke. She briefly explained what was going on and then we both just looked on in horror. It didn’t seem real to me. I didn’t understand at the time how important this was, and the severity of this attack didn’t hit me for awhile. It was incredible to think about the affects that it had on our country. Even though we are in California we still felt the repercussions of what happened. I am glad that I didn’t know anyone that was in those buildings, but a lady staying next to us while we were if Fort Bragg had a relative who was in the building. Luckily that relative was fine. I don’t think that we should forget about 9/11, rather, I think that we should remember it and learn from what we did wrong. Now we are more alert and capable of stopping something like that from happening again.