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I entered the science building on the first day of class. \u00a0I was not in a hurry since my previous class had ended early. \u00a0While walking slowly and looking at the room numbers painted on top of the doorways in search of the chemistry lab, I heard the voice of a friend call out to me as he exited the building by the side door. \u00a0\u201cDid you hear about the airplane? \u00a0It crashed into the World Trade Center.\u201d \u00a0Tom was facing in my direction, but taking baby steps backwards, pushing the door open with his book bag. \u00a0He never stopped moving, neither did I, but I did answer briefly not quite understanding his words, \u201cno, I haven\u2019t.\u201d \u00a0As I took the last few steps to reach the chemistry lab, I tried to make sense of Tom\u2019s report. \u00a0I remembered reading about an airplane crashing into the Empire State Building after World War II. \u00a0It had been a foggy day and the pilot lost his bearings. \u00a0\u201cIf it happened then, perhaps it happened again,\u201d I thought. \u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s just an accident.\u201d<\/p>\n

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After taking a seat in one of the uncomfortable desks of Plyler Hall, I realized everyone was speaking about the airplane in New York. \u00a0The professor arrived ten minutes late and the students hushed immediately. \u00a0\u201cBoth towers have been attacked,\u201d she said. \u00a0\u201cOne airplane crashed into each tower.\u201d \u00a0After chemistry class followed my first lesson in Latin. \u00a0Before teaching us about the nominative case, my professor shared with great sadness that two of his friends worked at the World Trade Center and he had not heard from them yet.<\/p>\n

A television on top of a rolling cart was placed in the middle of the university\u2019s dining hall. \u00a0Everyone ate hushed, listening and watching in disbelief. \u00a0I stared over and over again at the footage of airplanes crashing into a building I had visited eight years before. \u00a0Footage of the Pentagon and Pennsylvania soon followed. \u00a0It was September 11th, 2001, my first day of sophomore year in college.<\/p>\n

On that day I felt insecure and vulnerable. \u00a0In 1991 my family left Peru escaping terrorist attacks, but now a major terrorist attack had happened in the country that was to be a refuge from terrorist attacks for me and my family. \u00a0Though bombings had happened at the World Trade Center in 1993 and Oklahoma City in 1995, the attacks of 9\/11 opened my eyes to realize that not one place on earth can provide guaranteed protection. \u00a0My bubble was burst and it was frightening. \u00a0Thankfully our country responded bravely and courageously to the attacks, all rallying together. \u00a0I will never forget the full church the following Sunday and the tears that streamed down every parishioner\u2019s eyes at the singing of God Bless America. \u00a0It was a day that marked the beginning of an era.<\/p>\n

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