Personal Narrative-September 11 Earthquake

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It was tuesday september 11 2001 I was working and then the ground shook. At first I thought that it was just a minor earthquake. Just about 20 seconds later the ground ripped apart like a sheif cutting food in half. Me and others were separated. I was on the 14th floor. It felt like we were trapped in a cage like little mice.

The ground continued to shake we had to get under what we had of our desks. There was people crying hoping to get out alive. I was hoping that I made it out alive. I was worried about me and the people that worked with me even the people that I didn´t know. I thought about all the families that had a loved one in the building.

The ground was still shaking. I was cramped under my desk because a person's

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