Personal Narrative: My First Terrorist Attack

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It was a bright shiny day in New York city..with probably a few clouds in the sky i was walking with my mom to the store so suddenly a large plane is going the twin towers. I turned away from my mom then suddenly The first twin tower got hit.Then suddenly police and firefighters are surrounding the area, suddenly I remembered my dad was in the first tower at a meeting. about 40 minutes later...we were watching the twin towers and then the 1st one collapses and then we get a call from the hospital saying my dad's dead.

Then about 10:28

The second tower got hit. Goes the plane people are running around us screaming and yelling the towers are falling!!! the towers are falling. Then i see a person jumping from the north tower. Mom falls on the ground crying. Start to get scared and i look up there's smoke everywhere i could hardly see.
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I finally found someone to help me I said I can’t find my mom. i started crying then he takes me to watching TV .

9:37
Suddenly I walk outside and here that the pentagon got hit. I run down there and see everything going down i look at the pentagon and say oh my goodness. i look at a news lady and she says it was a terrorist attack.
I look at myself I have dirt all over me and blood from a piece of glass.suddenly i look up and see another plane i look at where it's going and i suddenly heard the lady say the planes hit a field in Pennsylvania.

I suddenly I look at the south tower there are people jumping 70 feet off the ground. so scary and I look and go to my house. Three days later there are cops and planes lines are shut from all over america. there are MILLIONS of people losing lives in the hospital.

Four days later. I'm at the 9/11 funeral where all the people who died in the towers I suddenly see my father's grave and start crying.
It's my fault he died all my

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