[squiggs96]

For me it was my first day of school at Mount Royal. I normally don't turn on the TV in the morning but that day I decided to waste some time. I saw the second plane hit live about two minutes later. At the time I didn't really understand what had happened, as it looked just like a movie scene. I think I was so desensitized from TV, movie and video games that it didn't phase me at all.

I went to school and many students were gathered around TVs. I remember one reporter saying it was the biggest attack on US soil in history. I thought they were exaggerating because they were American.

That night I was working at Boston Pizza and, like all the servers there, I was watching the TV and speculating. It had started to hit me what had gone on, and I wondered if it would create another world war.

As time went on I still didn't really understand why they did it or what the significance was. It was more due to me not taking an interest into it. Last year on the anniversary of the attacks I decided to watch a few youtube clips since I hadn't watched any video of it since the day it happened. I was shocked at how messed up it was. I spent over four hours and couldn't get over how shocking it was to watch a plane fly into a building. I wish I had grasped this the day it happened, but I had no idea what was going on outside my bubble. I definitely regret that.