The September 11th attack is the day I came to understand why it is important for the commander in chief to have some experience in the military service. September 11th was beautiful day that was sunny and clear blues sky. I had already planed a lot to do that day as I saw no sign of rain to interrupt any of my plans.
Before I could walk out of the house, I got a call from my mother at around 8:00 a.m. informing me of an important document that she had forgotten in the house. So I immediately took a bus and headed down town towards the World Trade Center where she was working carrying the document in my bag.
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At around 8:30 am, I arrived at my mother’s work place and was directed with one of the employees to move up to the 26th floor of the north tower where my mum’s office was located. At around 8:45 a.m. when I arrived on the 26th floor, I felt a great impact and immediately looked up expecting the ceiling come down on me. I was really terrified and asked one of the employees what was happening. What made me more terrified was that the man I asked also looked terrified with no idea of what was happening.
I wanted to run down to where I came from but the one of the employees held my hand and told me to relax and assured me that somebody was going to come over to tell use what to do next. Until this time I had not seen my mother, everybody around me was a stranger and my mother was nowhere to be seen. Suddenly a phone rang in one of the offices and the employee who picked it just told everybody to run. I was confused more than ever as I did not know which direction to run to so, I decided to go the same direction the man who stood beside me was going. Though he was faster, I tried to keep up with his speed.
Everybody around looked so scared, however I to continue moving. When I approached the eight flights I saw firemen appearing loaded with equipment. They told us not to panic but keep walking and that there was somebody at the bottom of the stairwell who will tell use what to do next. On seeing the firemen I was relived and that’s when I started to be worried about my mother. In the next few minutes, we reached at the bottom of the stairs and exited the stairwell. Up to this point, I had no idea what was happening. As we tried to figure our way out someone directed us were to follow and on exiting the building another woman shouted again ‘Run faster across the street and don’t look back’ on reaching across the street I came to realize that the woman was my mother who hugged me crying ‘Thank you God, Thank you God.’
At this point is when I realized the danger that I had walked out of. There were cries every ware and people were running up and down. There were blood stains every ware. When I looked at the World Trade Center, there were large hole in both the buildings. Before I could get a clear view of what was happening, I had a tremendous roar, a sound I have never hard since birth. Just before my eyes, the south tower melted down to the ground. Which mad me run, while crying and screaming desperate to get out of there.
I came to understand what external enemies can do to such a grate nation and why it is important for the commander and chief to have some experience in the military service.
