It was September, 11. I was a young boy, aged ten and a half year old, studying at a primary school in The Netherlands. It was half past three PM and I cycled to my home. When I came home I sat down on a chair in the living room. Suddenly the phone rang. I picked up the phone and I heard the voice of my grandmother: "Quick! Turn the TV on at "Nederland 2"! A plane had flown into the one of the Twin Towers". As fast as I could, I turned the TV on and I saw something I have never seen before: A second plane flown into the second tower. First I thought it was a mistake but after that I was sure it wasn't an accident. The whole afternoon I've looked to the TV and that evening at six o‚clock and at eight o‚clock I watched the Dutch news and between that I watched CNN with only one thing that I was thinking at: How could someone do things like this!!!

And still today, almost five years later, I'm thinking that. But deep inside I know that there are people that are completely against the United States or against President Bush. Self I am sometimes against President Bush but I think there are better ways, in stead of flying a plane in a building and killing innocent people. I hope they will catch Bin Laden as soon as possible, so he cannot do anything bad anymore. But I think the network of Bin Laden (Al Qaida) will search for a new leader.

I think the thing that makes the most impression to me was seeing that some people jumped out of the windows without a parachute or something like that. They knew that they haven't got a chance to survive when they stay into the building and knew too that they haven't got a chance when they jump out of the building, but they are looking a way to end their life.

Some days ago I saw on the television a program about 9 ˆ 11. Some people who had survived it told about it. Someone said that he had got a broken arm caused by some stuff that flew around after the plane has flown into the tower. At the level he was, there was smoke everywhere. He could not see anything around himself. The elevator didn't work anymore. There was no electricity. As low to the ground could, he walked to the stars where many people where trying to get to the lowest level and get out of the building. It was a complete chaos he tolled. When he reached the 3rd level he jumped out of the building...  Approximately a half minute after he jumped out of the building, it collapsed. An ambulance brought him to a hospital with one lag broken on two places, the other lag on one place and with a broken arm.  

Now five years later he is again doing his job, but thousands of people weren't so 'lucky'...

Lennaert Bosch