... then retire for the night. Yes, it was a simple like not much action going on. Most of the day had progressed; the time was roughly ten forty-five eleven o"clock. All of a sudden we heard a big BOOM!! (Me I"m no regular New Yorker, I"m a Long Island boy. That sound was not part of my everyday life.) I was sitting in French class at ... had happened. The second I looked out side, a vast Mysterious Black cloud hovered in the clear blue sky. Being a fireman as well my instincts were going off like an early morning alarm clock. My first instinct was "Oh, don't worry it's just another house...

• Word Count: 795
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

... awoke to find a sky filled with smoke and flames. The tempestuous winds were howling through the snow-clad streets as the people below City Hall were suddenly startled by an alarm of fire. Upon looking out they saw a volume of lurid light streaming into the sky below Wall Street. The City Hall, jail house, and churches rung their bells to notify ... arsenals. To mend for the inadequacy of arsenal, King and the marines raced to Red Hook Point powder house and returned with approximately twenty-five kegs of gunpowder. About two o"clock in the morning several structures were mined, and the...

• Word Count: 1070
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... . Comfortably lying in my bed, warm and snug. I was dreaming and at total peace, oblivious to the world around me. Suddenly, I sprang up to the blaring sound of my pulsating alarm clock. The sun was up and shining into my bedroom window. I got up, looked around, and observed the horizon with a disgruntled look on my face; admiring its beauty. I did not know ... ...

• Word Count: 897
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School