Senior Megan Carroll- “I remember 9/11 as being a very scary day because even though I was only seven, I knew exactly what was going on and that my dad was on a plane that day. My mom pulled me out of school and just waited for my dad’s call to make sure he was okay. His flight ended up landing in Lubbock, and he was fine. He had to drive three flight attendants back to Dallas because everyone was so shaken up. Every time my dad goes on a plane, which is every week, I always worry about him because of what happened that day.”

Senior Pedro Paz- “While 9/11 was a horrible event, I feel like the attacks on the World Trade Center united our country. For all of us to undergo such a horrible ordeal, to team together as a country and to overcome it really says a lot.”

Junior Haley Welch- “Even as a child, 9/11 had a huge impact on my life. Knowing that one of my best friends’ grandmothers worked in the pentagon at the time and was saved from the incident really showed me how close our country is. This brought me even closer with my friends and family after it happened. Showing that this one incident had a huge impact on our country helped me see how much strength and liberty the United States has as a whole.”

Senior Morgan Richards- “That horrible day had such a significant impact on my life and all the peoples’ lives around me. So many heroes came about that day, and the sacrifices that they made for their country were truly inspirational. I don’t think a day goes by that we don’t think about the 9/11 attacks. From that point on, nothing was or ever will be the same.”

Senior Paula Marzullo- “When the 9/11 attacks happened, our senior class was only in second grade. It’s hard to remember how life was before the attacks because we were so young, but it’s almost impossible to ignore its impact on our country since. Every day brave men and women fight for our country because of what happened that day. We’re so fortunate to have people defend our country and all that it stands for.”

Senior Hannah Humbert- “I was in second grade, in my classroom. Our teacher was reading to our small class, which was my favorite activity. Around noon, another teacher came into the classroom and told our teacher to stop reading. All the kids murmured in annoyance. That’s when they told us about the planes crashing. No one felt like continuing the reading. We all just stared blankly at each other.”

Senior Alexis Allen- “I was in my second grade classroom when the attack happened. I remember my teacher told us to stop doing schoolwork. I remember thinking that day was so awesome because everyone was leaving school until I got home and found out exactly what had happened.”