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4th grade classroom and the teacher from the classroom next door ran into our class room and told my teacher to turn on the news. A few minutes after we saw the second plane hit.
I went to school with a lot of people from Long Island/NYC and I'm always so intrigued by each of their personal experiences with 9/11. One of my friends parents were both first responders and she said she didn't see her parents for about a month afterwards. They both also developed major illnesses (like cancer) from being around the aftermath for so long. My other friend said she remembers seeing her neighbor walking down their street late that night, finally getting home from that day, covered head to toe in the ash and soot in her business suit. I guess she walked all the way from the area the twin towers were to their home in Nassau county - right outside of queens (that probably doesn't mean that much to a lot of you but that is a VERY far walk.) apparently she either had a tough time finding transportation to get on, like trains or buses, or she was scared to get on it.
I went to school with a lot of people from Long Island/NYC and I'm always so intrigued by each of their personal experiences with 9/11. One of my friends parents were both first responders and she said she didn't see her parents for about a month afterwards. They both also developed major illnesses (like cancer) from being around the aftermath for so long. My other friend said she remembers seeing her neighbor walking down their street late that night, finally getting home from that day, covered head to toe in the ash and soot in her business suit. I guess she walked all the way from the area the twin towers were to their home in Nassau county - right outside of queens (that probably doesn't mean that much to a lot of you but that is a VERY far walk.) apparently she either had a tough time finding transportation to get on, like trains or buses, or she was scared to get on it.