screaming and crying for help‚ and in some cases‚ the unimaginable happened. The dark smoke was becoming as thick as blood‚ and rising at a rapid pace. The taste and smell of smoke filled my throat as well as the sky‚ making New York City look like a dark‚ gloomy‚ depressed city. Which at the time‚ was exactly what it was. I was on the highest level of the world trade center‚ but I was determined to live. What I did next was not only a surprise to everyone around me‚ but a surprise to myself. Yes‚ I jumped
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the coast every evening‚ and I watched‚ perched on my tiny balcony. The grown-ups were big on doing things we couldn’t do in Illinois. Hiking through mountains‚ seeing the city‚ and avoiding the sharp shells on the beach were apparently on our to-do
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Even though I have ridden the Magical Express bus from Orlando Airport many times‚ I always vibrate with excitement as I crane my neck out the window to get my first glimpse of Space Mountain. The monorail zooms beside our bus‚ pointing the way to the Magic Kingdom. Finally‚ we reach the sign announcing our arrival at the Magic Kingdom. When we walk through the dark tunnel at the front gate‚ it always feels as if I am entering another world. I see Pluto hugging a boy and signing autographs.
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rushing to get off into the already crowded station. The noise of the tannoy is hidden beneath the murmur of the crowds of people. Mothers franticly scan for their lost children‚ while groups of people and tourists rush out eagerly ready to explore the city. Teenagers huddled together by the walls giggle to each other while on their new‚ shiny blackberry mobiles. People sigh due to the now prolonged waiting for the toilets as the queues start to grow. Unfortunately the smell of urine diffuses into the
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couldn’t do anything about that‚ not now‚ in the middle of the street. Letting out a heavy sigh‚ I carried on walking‚ reaching carelessly into my pocket to clasp my phone. In the humidity‚ it felt lovely to have the cold‚ metal block against my hands. I pulled it out‚ feeling around in the darkness around me for the switch to turn it on with. I paused‚ under a spot in which the moonlight was beaming down upon on the road. Underneath the only source of light in the pitch black city‚ I checked my phone
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I inhaled the night time city smells of street food‚ sweat‚ cigarettes‚ and garbage‚ as I stepped toward the bus. I hadn’t taken two steps before someone shoved me to the side and dashed down the street weaving through people like a true professional. I tottered and nearly fell‚ but I kept my balance. Annoyed‚ I swept my gaze throughout the crowd and saw the rude stranger- a young man‚ maybe in his late teens‚ with thick black hair‚ dressed in a dark gray t-shirt and jeans. For a moment‚ he looked
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belch out from skyscrapers across the river. Rigid cement was about to melt down‚ animals stayed underground and people began sweltering as if they were the farmers below the fierce sun. Smoothly‚ the breeze danced over the resting people sitting on the wooden wall nearby Hudson River. The day was quiet as the grave to a wonder. The clear blue sky contrasted itself from dark‚ filthy smoke trying to push itself away from the active city. Adhesive sweat stuck into his indigo shirt and bulky footgear
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Tonight at 8‚ the kidnapping of Liam Quinn a local 6-year-old boy. Details to come. A dead air fell over a vacant room‚ filled with the elements of childhood. An unoccupied race car bed‚ stark blue walls‚ and an idle toy train complimented the eerie - yet somber - atmosphere. A dark shadowy figure lurked in the corner‚ standing ten feet tall - no definite shape. Slithering onto the floor and over the bed‚ the figure moved with haste‚ attempting to lurk as an agent of subterfuge. Arriving at the
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Thus‚ comfortably seated with a pen on hand in the warm confines of my bed room‚ I started to pour down my thoughts into writing‚ quietly praying that he will be able to know‚ at least the extent of my emotions… Briefly written in a small parchment‚ I folded the paper into four and noticing how it started to our heavily outside‚ I pulled out my drawer and produced a red folded
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it was a cold grey day in late September. The weather had metamorphosed overnight‚ when a backing wind brought a granite sky and a mizzling rain with it‚ and although it was now only two fifty-seven in the afternoon the ashen hue of a winter evening seemed to have closed upon the hills‚ cloaking them in mist. It would be dark by five o clock. The air was clammy cold‚ and for all the sealed windows it still penetrated the interior of the carriage. The leather seats felt damp to the hands‚ there must
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