[ArtMonkDrillz]

I was in criminology class and the professor came in a bit late and sort of nonchalantly said that a plane had hit one of the World Trade Centers (this was still early in the AM, so there wasn't much news yet). I just assumed that a new pilot lost control of a small plane and accidently crashed into one of the towers and that it really wasn't a huge deal. Of course I was completely shocked when I got back to my dorm room and saw the news. In fact, I was watching live when the second plane hit, as I'm sure many of you were.

For some reason I still went to my next class, but we were only there for a few minutes when someone walked in and said another plane hit the Pentagon and that campus was shutting down for the day. I remember getting back to my dorm room only to hear people cheer because class was cancelled; that really pissed me off because I was still shocked from seeing the footage of the plane. In fact, there was almost a fight in the hall because of those guys, but I don't think they'd actually turned on the news yet, so they didn't really know what was up. I know they felt like huge dicks when they finally heard.

All day long we were glued to the TV and the computer and people were freaking out because there is a huge NY/northern NJ population at Salisbury and many people had family in the towers. I had a cousin working in the Pentagon at the time, but he was on the other side of the building, so he was fine.

That night the power went out on campus for a few hours and people really started freaking out, but eventually it came back on and we were right back there, glued to CNN just like before.

The next day I talked to my uncle for an hour on the phone; he retired FDNY in the 90's, but his whole former company was lost in the collapse. I also eamiled my friend in the Marines, because I thought it was pretty obvious what kind of response the US would have.

Like everyone else said, we need to all honor those men and women that lost their lives that horrible day, and we need to put aside our differences and be grateful for those trying to keep us safe everyday.