[Blindtlk] Where were you on September 11th 2001?

[Kendra Schafer]

Hi all! 
September 11, 2001, I was getting ready for school. I was a freshmen at Oregon City High School. The news was on and everyone in my house paused to watch the news as the airplanes hit the two towers. I caught the school bus which had the radio turned on. The radio news was on all trip. As we were in route, the third airplane crash, this time, into the Pentagon building. As I arrived at school, everyone even the students who normally don't watch the news were talking about the events in that day's news. They talked about it all morning. I went to the library which had the televition on and tuned into the news. I heard about the airplane that crashed in Penselvania. I had heard people talking about an airplane headed toward the whitehouse to crash into it. I later heard that the same airplane that I first saw on televition at break  got brought down by the passingers. I also heard that all airports in the United States were shut down. I had space camp in 10 days so I ranted at the televition set. I stayed glewed to the news for days to keep up with the airport situation. I got lucky enough to go to space camp and became one of the first travelers to experience the at the time new security system. 
  

I hope you have a good day! 
Blessed be!!! 
Kendra  
Here is a  little about myself. 
I am a graduate of both  the Oregon School for the Blind and Oregon City High School. I am a blind Pagan. I have work experience in gardening. I also am a crafter and painter.  I like to read, write and do anything on an iPhone.  
I am a die hard fan of the following: 
J. k. Rowling's Harry Potter Books, 
 J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle Earth books, 
C. S. Lewis's  Kronicals of Narnia books, 
L. Frank Baum's  Oz books,  
Pittsburgh, Penguins,  
 Detroit, Red Wings,  
Baltimore, Ravens,  
 Seattle, Sea Hawks,  
 Oregon State Beavers,  
 Portland, Winter Hawks, 
And anything to do with bald eagles.   
"When the student is ready, the teacher will appear", Author Unknown. 
The best roads are some where out there. 
My job is to discover them. 
Blindness has often tested me. 
 
Love has shown me that I can see the long awaited  stars. 
Salem, Oregon showed me the way home. 
Baltimore, Maryland showed me the way to the stars. 
Seattle, Washington showed me that I still can fly like I have always flown.  
Paganism has allowed me to fly higher than I ever have before. 
As I fly, I not only have dreams come true, I also discover where those dreams come from. 
 
As I move through life, I notice the many ways where my beliefs not only ring true, but also proven to be true by others. 
I am soaring like a bald eagle as I set out to live the life I want. 
I believe that everything is interconnected and full of magic. 
I am happily living with my wonderful boyfriend in Salem, Oregon. 
Blessed be!!! 
Kendra Schaber, 
National Federation of the Blind, 
Capitol Chapter, 
Salem, Oregon, 
Live the Life You Want. 
 
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> On Sep 11, 2016, at 09:39, roanna bacchus via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Dear Members,
> 
> It was fifteen years ago today that I was sitting in a fourth-grade art classroom listening to the news.  I heard about the planes crashing into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.  Parents came to pick up their kids from school throughout the day.  What were all of you doing on this day fifteen years ago?
> 
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