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Everyone that was around during 9\/11 has a story. Though I was only 8 months old, the event still has an impact on me. During my senior year of high school, I was fortunate to take a trip to the National 9\/11 Memorial and Museum in New York City<\/a> and also the National Flight 93 memorial<\/a> in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Since I do not remember 9\/11, I got to see in person how that event would change history, and it was one of the most powerful experiences I would have in my entire life. Both of those places provided an experience for me, one where I felt like I was walking through it, seeing what happened and what people in New York and Shanksville experienced. It was something that I will never, ever forget. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI was teaching music in a public school,\u201d said Nancy Perrin, adjunct professor of music at Sinclair. \u201cOur school secretary opened the classroom door to drop off some daily paperwork, and she said something about a disaster in New York City. So, I turned on the TV in my classroom and watched in horror as the replay of planes hitting the Twin Towers was shown.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIronically, I was working at Fox45\/NBC 22 news station,\u201d said Kelly Smith, Associate Professor of Communication here at Sinclair. \u201cOne of the sales representatives, Don, came into the office and told us what happened. One tower hit. We had a television in our area, which was then turned on, and we were glued to it as the tragic details unfolded of the second tower hit. That\u2019s when he (or someone else) mentioned the idea of it being on purpose and a terrorist attack.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOn 9\/11, I was actually at Sinclair Community College working in the Media Services Department in the library,\u201d said Jessica Graue, Clarion Advisor. \u201cI was also supposed to go out of town with the Sinclair volleyball team to a tournament in Indiana that week. It was canceled. I was with my media services family all day at work. It was quiet when we were usually a boisterous bunch. It was such an odd and eerie feeling. We were all actually waiting for something else to happen somewhere. Just wild.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI was in second grade,\u201d said Jeri Hensley, first-year journalism major at Sinclair. \u201cWe took a moment of silence, but for us younger kids, we didn\u2019t know what was happening.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI was teaching as an adjunct professor at Suffolk County Community College on Long Island, New York (about an hour and a half drive from Manhattan),\u201d said John Parcell, music professor at Sinclair. \u201cA student aid from the department burst into my room in the middle of my music theory class session. He said that New York City had been attacked and that we needed to evacuate the building. I dismissed the class, raced home, put on the news, and called my friends and family to make sure everyone was ok.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n 9\/11 would be an event where, similar to the COVID pandemic, would be impactful days after. Flights would still be grounded, but people would be helping others, whether it would be through giving blood, being more patriotic, and many other ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI was actually at this thing our school put on called \u2018Challenge Day\u2019 where we learn to empathize with our classmates,\u201d said Richard Foltz, second-year English major at Sinclair. \u201cWe were split into these groups, crying and sharing these intensely emotional moments in our lives and then one of the teachers stood up and announced it. It was a really weird moment. I spent the rest of the weekend watching news footage.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt\u2019s events like these where moments of time stood still,\u201d said Bodary. \u201cThe world isn\u2019t going to be fully the same.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jackie Kasner<\/strong> On Sept. 11, 2001, millions of people across the country would wake up like a normal day. Clear skies. Sunshine. The typical morning radio broadcasts. 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