Everything After - A 9.11 Youth Circle - How did you feel on 9/11?

9/11 STAGED MANY NEVER FELT BEFORE FEELINGS IN AMERICA. WE FELT FEAR AS A COUNTRY THAT WE HAVE NEVER REALLY KNOWN BEFORE, WE FELT SADNESS FOR THE LIVES LOST, AND SYMPATHY FOR THEIR FAMILIES, WE FELT HELPLESS AS WE WATCHED THE TWO BEAUTIFUL TOWERS FALL INTO HEAPS OF BURING STEAL AND ASH, WE REJOICED WHEN ONE CAME OUT. MYSELF I FELT SCARED AND INSECURE AND PROLLY MOST DID WELL HOW DID YOU FEEL? ~~~~~AMBER~~~~~

Nervous basically. I couldn't remember exactly where my father worked but I knew it was in downtown manhattan. The phone lines were all down and I couldnt get through to my house or my grandma's or anyone else's. I felt stranded up at school and everyone was very confused and a lot of people were crying. We huddled for a while in one classroom that had a TV, and it was so shocking to actually see it on the news, it looked completely different than I had imagined it. For some reason when I heard what had happen, it didn't occur to me that the plane would explode and that there would be fire. I had pictured a pristine plane sticking out of the side of the building. Maybe a few people would have died, but this didnt occur to me at first either. It was just so shocking to see.
When I got back to Brooklyn it was very smoky and there were actually charred papers all over the ground, I saved one that says cantor-fitzgerald on the top. It makes me ill to think that the person who was initially in posession of this piece of paper is probably gone. I didnt find out until I got home that my sister's husband John may have been in the building, he didn't work there or anything but he was supposed to have a meeting with some publishing house that day. what are the chances. It was a confusing few days looking for him and hoping he was okay somewhere. that's it i guess.

I felt betrayed. i felt that i was no longer safe. i was worried, scared, mad. I was born in the same town i live in now. i grew up in a small area. I knew that terriorism happened but did not ever think that it would happen so close to home. I did not mean that in a physical sence, but in a feelings sorta way. I always thaught that america was the "country nobody wanted a piece of". Apparently some people had a problem with us, and instead of acting like adults, they used violence. to me that is what 2 year olds do when they ar fighting over a toy.

happy,
i hope that john is o.k.

I live in Canada and I didn't lose anyone in the attacks but that didn't stop me from feeling all the emotions from that day. I felt scared and afraid for all the people in America and who were still in the buildings. I was also scared because there had been rumors about this becoming a World War 3. I was overcome with greif and sadness and I felt for all those who died or who lost someone. I was terrified at the people who could have done something so haniusly cruel and inhumaine. Most of all though, I was devastated and shocked at what I was hearing and seeing.

There was nothing more American than 9-11. The way we all came together. I didn't feel anything. Not until later. The small things made me cry...like those stupid Cotton comercials. Extreme confusion is how I would put it. Acctually scared as hell. My brother goes to school in the city, my mom works in NJ, and my dad was away in Las Vegas for business that day. I live in Staten Island...so no one was going to be home that day. It was hard trying to get in touch with everyone...and no one really knew what was going on.