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9/11 is a tragedy engraved in our entire nation, if not the entire world's minds. It was a moment most people never thought was possible. The United States was a powerhouse. Nobody could stop or hurt us, until that day. I was born in 2003, so I was not alive for the heartbreak our country endured on that day. I remember growing up listening to adults talk about where they were when the World Trade Center collapsed. Teachers were sitting in their classrooms, holding their crying students. My parents were at work, frantically trying to contact each other. The entire world was frozen in time. I know I won't have the understanding my parents have of this tragedy, but I want to do everything I can to honor those who risked their lives on that day.  \ Each year, the women's basketball team comes together to run the 110 flights of stairs in honor of the first responders who ran into the towers. Those first responders were selfless. They rushed to the towers and ran in to save peop...