Rememberance of 9/11

I remember September 11, 2001 very well. I was at school, my BF was visiting our friends from New York. I wanted to go to New York as well, but I had to do some exams. I was studying with a fellow student when my cell phone rang. Timo had his wisdom teeth pulled that day and took a nap in front of the TV. He saw the news about a plane that crashed into the World Trade Center. He immediately called me and asked where my BF exactly stayed and told me about the sad news.

I went down into the computer lab and tried to see it on my own on cnn.com or any page like that. All servers were too busy, the complete internet just broke down that day. So I went home, I was completely shocked and felt like paralized. At home I just sat in front of my TV, and I wasn't even able to move or do anything. It was a pretty bad day. I've never felt more defenseless than that day. I was a little bit reliefed when I heard that my BF and my friends are ok. But I felt so sorry for all the poor people that were trapped in the building. Just minutes after the attacks in the USA there were many bomb threads in Germany as well. The main station in my city was evacuated like many other public places in Germany.

Thank God my Mom drove to Stuttgart and picked me up. I stayed some days with her, of course I didn't do the exams, I was too distracted by the whole thing. And after some days I was able to deal with all those impressions. But still, every time I think about it, deep sadness takes control.

I'm not American, but I was very proud of the Americans after the attacks. All the fire fighters, police men and volunteers. They all did a great job, and America can really be proud of them. Let's all hope that something like that won't happen ever again.

If tomorrow all the things were gone I’d worked for all my life,
And I had to start again with just my children and my wife.
I’d thank my lucky stars to be living here today,
‘Cause the flag still stands for freedom and they can’t take that away.

Credits: The picture was taken by John Makely from Baltimore Sun, the quote is a part of "God bless the USA" by Lee Greenwood.