I was a kindergartener at the time (how much everything's changed, now that I think about it)...and I didn't REALLY know what was happening until the next few days...it came to me slowly. My mom says (she is a teacher's aide) that every teacher had the TV on in their room...but I can't remember if my teacher did or not. I did know when I saw those red graphics on NBC, they were doing a special report which normally meant something bad was happening or some guy (that I later learned was the president

) wanted to talk to us. I decided since there was smoke coming from buildings that it was the former of those two, and then all of a sudden, one of the buildings disappeared in a cloud, and even though we weren't really old enough to understand what was going on, I knew by the teachers' faces that this *was* bad. Then we went home, and the special report was still on. Then I asked my mom what was going on and she told me some big important buildings fell. Only later did I realize the true horror that this must have been, but now I realize completely what happened.
Today, our school showed a 9/11 video after the daily announcements on TV. More than half of the eighth graders didn't even get to see it.

God bless America and may those lost in this event rest in peace.