never forget

10 years ago I was a Sophomore in high school sitting in the gym conference room taking ISTEP tests. After the test was over I walked back into school to finish up my day of classes. As I walked through the gym, the bleachers were pulled out like we were going to have an assembly. Did I miss the fact that we were going to have an assembly or mass that afternoon?!? I remember seeing everyone watching the TVs in the cafeteria as I walked by and I was really confused. I thought maybe it was normal for them to watch at this time of day since I was normally in a different class. Then I walked to the library and everyone in there was glued to TVs as well. Everyone else in the school already heard about the events of the morning and had been watching for quite awhile. The conference room didn't have the PA system hooked up, so we had no idea what was going on.

I'll never forget that day. We didn't have any classes. We watched the news all day and then had an assembly later in the afternoon. A prayer service. There were only a few times in my four years of high school that I was in the gym with hundreds of other 15-18 year old kids and you could hear a pin drop.

The kids I teach weren't even born when 9/11 happened. It makes me sad because they don't know how the events of that day unfolded or how many heros we watched that day. However, it makes me happy that they didn't have to experience that horrible day.

I will never forget that day and all the people that lost their lives.

My thoughts and prayers are with all the families of the victims.