Creative Writing On 9/11

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It was a dark and stormy night, the wind was howling and the rain was torrential. The highway seemed like a never-ending stretch of nothingness and but one pair of lights shone through the treacherous weather. The driver, an 18-year-old-girl with wavy brunette locks and emerald-green eyes, squinted as she forced her white Honda Civic through the weather. 1:21 the clock read, the girl reached to turn on the radio, but all she heard was static. That's when it happened. A sudden loud crash, a swerve out of instinct, the sound of screeching tires, glass breaking…flesh tearing, and a scream to end it all.

Her eyes slowly opened to darkness, it only took a moment for her eyes to adjust.... to realize. She unbuckled her seat belt and attempted to open the door on her side. The door wouldn't budge. It was useless; the door was blocked by an object. Suddenly a sharp pain hit her abdomen. She put her hand on her stomach. Crimson red blood covered her hand and began to spread from the wound. She grunted and put pressure on to the injury before tying a piece of ripped cloth around it. She limped towards the passenger's seat. She tried to push the door open, but to no avail, the door was also blocked. It was dark. The car window was partially broken and blocked by a peculiarly
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The rain wasn't helping, as she could hear it pounding against the car roof and window. The pounding of the rain resonated with her own. Her heart was beating rapidly, she was terrified. The beating only went faster as she thought of her fate. Would she die? A diploma with no owner and a prom date without a date? There is so much more in life that she had heard about, she didn't want to miss it. She wanted to experience it and maybe that was the hope she needed to build the courage to try to get out of her situation. She began to scream for

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