[The Blitherer]

I was in highschool on the west coast. My dad walked into my room and said "Steph, you need to get up now. The world has just changed." I had to go to school and the teachers were trying to pretend like nothing was happening, but there was this whole underground network among the students trying to figure out what was going on. I went home that night and sat in front of the TV for the whole night.

[NewLand]

the teachers were trying to pretend like nothing was happening

They probably still are...

Did you watch Fox or CNN?

[mware]

I was in the classroom with my students when I heard about the first tower getting hit. we turned on the television and saw the second tower get hit. Things were happening so fast. When we hear the news that the Pentagon had been hit we were ordered to turn off the televisions.

I can not blame the principal, at that point, we did not know what else would happen. We also had kids and teachers who had family working at the Pentagon and world trade center.

By the end of the school day I would say about 1/4 of the students went home early when their parents came and picked them up. Can't blame them either, we are about 10 miles from the 119th. They are the planes that were sent out to patrol the skies after the attacks. One of my students father was one of the pilots.