Every year on this day, a 9/11 thread seems to pop up and serve very little purpose other than to remind people of the anniversary and how sad it was. While that can be seen as important and all, I figured I'd add a little twist to this one to give it a little more of a purpose.

So here it is: Everyone says that they still remember exactly where they were and what they were doing when they found out about the attacks, some can even remember the whole entire day like it was yesterday. So where were you and what were you doing?

I was in my senior year of high school (hard to believe that was 7 years ago!). We were having assemblies for each of the four classes that day, the seniors were discussing the prom and our class trip. The class trip was announced to be a camping trip, and after all the cheering our principal immediately gave us the no alcohol lecture. After the assembly was over and we were beginning to file out, we were called back to our seats by the principal. I tried to make a clean break thinking he was just going to yell at us again. I made it out the door but was stopped by a teacher. I went back in, found my ex-girlfriend and another guy sitting where I was sitting, told them to move (I was mad at her for breaking up with me two weeks earlier and already having a new boyfriend lined up), and sat down. Afterwards, the principal told us about the attack. I went to my calc class and we watched the news and saw the second tower collapse live. School was let out early during last period and all after-school activities were canceled, including my marching band practice. I spent the rest of the day glued to the news.