8 years...
8 years since I moved to Ohio. 8 years since I left what I had back in Delray Beach. 8 years since I began my 8th grade year. 8 years since I made my friends in Ohio who I still am very close with. 8 years since I sat in the choir room while the principal announced the Twin Towers news. 8 years since I thought "what? where? what is going on?" 8 years since I ran and waited in line to call my friend, then realized I didn't know the number. 8 years since I looked outside and saw a priest and young boy I didn't know then. 8 years since I sat in homeroom as a young boy cried out to the class that he was not a terrorist and to stop treating him like he was. 8 years since I realized that something was not right about the planes. 8 years since I find myself dealing with a lot more security at the airport. 8 years since I figured out we were going to actually go to war and that it would be a long one. 8 years since I stood in the BBHHS stands for a vigil with my American fla...