Everyone Remembers Where They Were This Morning 14 Years Ago

One of the most mind blowing things when it comes to thinking about this day, is that there are kids that are walking around today that have really no clue what Sept. 11, 2001 is. It's crazy when I see kids that were born in the 2000's.

It was a interesting day, one that I will never forget, and neither will anyone that witnessed that day.

I was a freshman in high school, walking into my next class. It was a Social Studies class with my teacher Mrs. Dykstra at Kenowa Hills High School. Everything was pretty normal, just walking to class.

I peered into another classroom at a the TV hanging from the ceiling and I saw two pictures on the screen, and it looked like a volcano had exploded. I kept walking to my class thinking nothing about it.

When I stumbled into class, everyone was just quiet and staring at the TV, so I of course did the same and read the bottom ticker on the TV.

"World Trade Center Attacked, Thousands Missing or Killed."

It was insane, I couldn't believe what I was watching on TV, and neither could anyone else. Everyone was trying to understand what the hell was happening, but it was clear as day that thousands of innocent people lost their lives and the death toll just kept rising.

As the day went on, I would go into another class, the TV would be on and we'd continue to watch. Every once in awhile, the teacher would try to turn off the TV and teach, but the phone would ring with a new development and the TV would go back on. Especially when the towers began to fall, a simultaneous inhalation of breath from everyone in the building occurred.

Teachers couldn't teach, and students couldn't learn.

I eventually went home after the school day was done, and stopped by Charlies Party Store to grab a drink or something, saw the Grand Rapids Press with the headline 'AMERICA ATTACKED.' It was just everywhere...

It's been 14 years since that day, and I can remember it like it happened yesterday. It's the Pearl Harbor of this generation. It's just crazy to think that it was 14 years ago.