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Math workbooks,
crayons,
pencils and pens.
Those sat on our desks.
What we didn't know
was that those tools
wouldn't go to use that day.

In the middle of an English lesson,
the P.A. sounded,
loud and clear.
"If all teachers could please
turn on the T.V."
We all sat there in wonder;
T.V. during an English lesson? Cool!
What we didn't know
was that the picture on the T.V. screen
was going to hurt many people.

Two big burning buildings flashed on screen.
'Okay?' we thought,
'What does this have to do with us?'
The teacher had a look of pain
written across her face.
"Children, those are the Twin Towers
over in New York City.
They just got hit with planes
with a lot of people in them.
Terrorists who do not like our country did this."
What we didn't know
was what a terrorist was
or why anyone hated our country.

What we did know was
that many people died,
lots of teachers cried,
and that our lives had been changed forever.



infinite x's and o's, VB!