Lyra (adopted by Joey Graceffa and Daniel Preda)

9/11

Today marks the day that the United States was changed forever.

I wasn't born in 2001, so I don't know how the people feel when they saw those planes crash into the twin towers, the Pentagon, or Flight 93 for down in Pittsburgh, but I know this event caused a lot of grief. I wanted to make this chapter because I want to pay my respects for the people who sadly lost their life to this horrific time, weather it was just them not being able to get out in time or all the brave people who went into the building in hopes of finding survivors. We always thank the heroes who wear uniforms. Or the people who were so selfless that they gave up their spot in hopes of others living, they knew that they were most likely going to die if they gave up their spot up, but they did it anyways. We'll never know that. I can't even imagine what the people who were inside the buildings were thinking, the poor people who had family inside of those building, or even the peopling watching it on TV. It's really devastating, that so many people lost their lives that day. The people on the hijacked plane, who night of ended up saving my grandparents lives since they were in the White House that day. I can never repay them . All those people even children who thought they would end up at their destination, to have fun, but they never knew that this was going to be their fate of dying that day. I hate, hate, hate, that they killed all those innocent people on those 4 planes they used (2 for each twin tower, Pentagon, and Pennsylvania) just so they could get rid of the world's trade center. I feel really bad for. It's really devastating, because a few people thought, that if they just jumped off the Twin Towers it would have been a better death then being burned, or crushed, so they just jump. It's crazy to see this having to come to that point, and just seeing it, makes me really emotional. Hearing the screams of people watching the Towers collapse, and getting ran into, is really heartbreaking, and I wish that never had to happen. I'm very thankful for all the Firefighters, and the brave people inside of the building to help get some people out, because of them, some people managed to escape. They may not be related to me, but I'm still very thankful for them, and for being so brave to go Inside of a burning, almost collapsing buildings.