Memories From Brazil
1. "I was 15 years old at school in São Paulo. One of our teachers suddenly invaded the classroom and announced the news that there had been some sort of attack in the USA using planes. Most students, maybe all of us, had no idea what that could mean. After classes ended, we went by the teacher's room and saw they were all standing dumbfounded around a small TV. Some talked about it being something from 'the Middle East.'
Then another bit of breaking news was shown of the Pentagon and that's when it fully hit me that something HUGE was happening. Any and all certainty about the future of the world had been shattered. I was horrified.
When I got home, due to my brother getting us cable TV channels, I was able to watch it all live on CNN, Fox News and others. Nobody else was home and it was probably one of the scariest days of my life - I watched the collapse of both towers in utter horror, alone.
I truly felt a nuclear war would begin there and then. Weeks later, the first bombings in the Middle East brought the same dread of impending destruction. The world clearly changed after the Sept. 11 attacks, and for the worse."
- Gustavo Mota
Then another bit of breaking news was shown of the Pentagon and that's when it fully hit me that something HUGE was happening. Any and all certainty about the future of the world had been shattered. I was horrified.
When I got home, due to my brother getting us cable TV channels, I was able to watch it all live on CNN, Fox News and others. Nobody else was home and it was probably one of the scariest days of my life - I watched the collapse of both towers in utter horror, alone.
I truly felt a nuclear war would begin there and then. Weeks later, the first bombings in the Middle East brought the same dread of impending destruction. The world clearly changed after the Sept. 11 attacks, and for the worse."
- Gustavo Mota
2. "I was watching Dragon Ball Z on TV. I think it was about 10 or 11 AM local time. Suddenly they cut to show what I thought was a movie ad, but my uncle told me those big burning buildings I was seeing were actually real.
Within the hour every channel was broadcasting the same thing. It seemed like everyone went crazy, my neighbor who lived in a three story building was planning to move to another house because he thought terrorists would try to attack his home."
- B. S.
Within the hour every channel was broadcasting the same thing. It seemed like everyone went crazy, my neighbor who lived in a three story building was planning to move to another house because he thought terrorists would try to attack his home."
- B. S.