Symere Short Story

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Symere was going to see his 3 friends at the North World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, 2001. His 3 friends were Kendrick,Lamar,and Stan. Kendrick and Lamar were twins and both age 26. Stan was a single child and had only his mother most of his life. They were all hanging out in one of the lounges. The were heating up breakfast when the plane ran into the north tower. Kendrick,Lamar,and Stan were all immediately crushed by debris from the plane. Symere survived the falling debris but broke his hand from the debris. It didn’t take long for Symere to know what he needed to do.

It was a good thing they were in one of the lounges because he was able to ice his hand with an ice pack in the refrigerator and then ran to one of the

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