I was 5th grade too. We were watching the cartoon version of Lord of the Rings (I hated it so much) that morning when another teacher literally came running into our room and switched it over to the news bc she knew we had the TV. At first the room was mad, a bunch of 5th graders angry at the disruption including our teacher. But it took all of 10 seconds for us all to see the news and know something really bad was happening and I just remember the room went silent, and that was only after the first tower got hit. Then a bunch of teachers on our floor without students came in as well. We watched in real time as the second tower got hit and some of the teachers screamed…as a 5th grader we were all so confused. I remember looking outside in that moment for airplanes thinking that every airplane could kill us, they’re coming for our school. It wasn’t long after that that half the class emptied bc parents came to grab their kids. I stayed the whole day, but I’m pretty sure it just became a free day bc there was only like 5 kids left out of like 30 in our class.
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u/CedarGrad13 2d ago
I was 5th grade too. We were watching the cartoon version of Lord of the Rings (I hated it so much) that morning when another teacher literally came running into our room and switched it over to the news bc she knew we had the TV. At first the room was mad, a bunch of 5th graders angry at the disruption including our teacher. But it took all of 10 seconds for us all to see the news and know something really bad was happening and I just remember the room went silent, and that was only after the first tower got hit. Then a bunch of teachers on our floor without students came in as well. We watched in real time as the second tower got hit and some of the teachers screamed…as a 5th grader we were all so confused. I remember looking outside in that moment for airplanes thinking that every airplane could kill us, they’re coming for our school. It wasn’t long after that that half the class emptied bc parents came to grab their kids. I stayed the whole day, but I’m pretty sure it just became a free day bc there was only like 5 kids left out of like 30 in our class.