It was the last year for me in school. I can remember, that it was a Tuesday and we had to do a test in history class. I asked my neighbour sitting next to me which date we had. She answered: "September 11th." I still remeber very clearly writing the date on the top of the sheet of paper at beginning of the test.
When I came home from school, my father painted the kitchen and the radio was telling the news. At first I couldn't believe it. My sister suffered her own personal tragedy, because her boyfriend had broken off with her that same day. She sat in her room, as the radio did tell the news. I can't remember, if the TV had also been switched on by that time or later in the evening. But I can remember that I was wondering, how these buildings of the WTC we had learnt to know in our English lessons few years earlier could have been destroyed the way it happened, as I have found them quite massive.
However, I didn't ask further questions and didn't make further connections, because I still generally believed (almost) everything the media and authorities were telling us and that they wanted our best. I was also pretty much shocked, the shock was like a veil that covered the sight. I made an entry in my diary at the end of the day, wrote about the event and my feelings. But everything still resonated with the official view, no questioning. But something in the far corner of my subconscious mind felt somewhat odd, but I denied that feeling quickly and subconsciously.
Next day our town was very quiet, everyone quite solemn. The athmosphere in school reminded me of that of a mortuary house. One school mate with whom I discussed that event, said: "Now the NATO will go for it. Probably this will lead to World War III. There is no possibility to return." It might have been the same day (but I'm not 100 % sure), when Bush said: "People are either for us or against us." I was pretty shocked when this was being aired in the media. I found it quite fascistic and I got really scared, and I thought: "Will it now going to be like the Third Reich?" It brought that odd subconscious feeling back that I had the day before, but it was more conscious that time. However, I still dismissed it.
When Afghanistan was attacked, I thought, that it was a bit too quick than it seemed logical to me. And later I wondered, why American forces and CIA continued to not find Bin Laden, if they had so well trained groups as it seemed. That was one or 1,5 years later. So, something must have been really off regarding what the media wanted us to believe. Well, I didn't ask further, but became a bit more interested in how it might have happened at further years to come. I read about 9/11 on alternative blogs and websites. People around me say, there is a time before and a time after 9/11. From what I observed in the last years, I agree.
EDIT: Grammar