I had just woken up and my mom immediately told me to pack as much as I
could carry. I asked her why and she replied, “ We are leaving for America.” I got
excited and began packing everything I could think of. My brother and sister were
very excited to be going to America but I wasn't so sure about the journey. My
brother was 17 and my sister was 11, I was only 5. Once we were all ready to go we gathered up all our bags and began our
journey. We had to walk 5 miles to a train station because we lived very far from
town. My family and I had to ride on the train for 5 hours. We had to ride a train
to a port to get on a boat. Once we got to the boat we had to ride 3rd class because
my parents didn't make much money. All of …show more content…
The journey was going to take us
one week and six days. Since we lived in India it was going to be a pretty long
journey to America.
While we were on the boat my sister got very ill. She had caught
tuberculosis from some of the other passengers. My mom was very worried
because there was only one doctor in the 3rd class level and he didn't have any
medicine. After a week had gone by my sister was feeling much …show more content…
The first thing we saw as
we arrived was the Statue of Liberty. As we arrived they sent doctors to check us
out before we exited the boat. The doctors only did around 10 second check-ups
for each person. They were just making sure we weren't deathly ill before we
went into Ellis Island. Officers were the next people we saw. They handed us
identity tags that were numbered. After that all of us walked in a path to enter the
intriguing red building.
Once we were inside we had to walk up a large set of stairs. There was
doctors and officers at the top that were watching us as we climbed the stairs. We
had to leave all of our bags in the Baggage Room. They had a concession stand in
there were we could get sandwiches and drinks. They had a chalk board with
could carry. I asked her why and she replied, “ We are leaving for America.” I got
excited and began packing everything I could think of. My brother and sister were
very excited to be going to America but I wasn't so sure about the journey. My
brother was 17 and my sister was 11, I was only 5. Once we were all ready to go we gathered up all our bags and began our
journey. We had to walk 5 miles to a train station because we lived very far from
town. My family and I had to ride on the train for 5 hours. We had to ride a train
to a port to get on a boat. Once we got to the boat we had to ride 3rd class because
my parents didn't make much money. All of …show more content…
The journey was going to take us
one week and six days. Since we lived in India it was going to be a pretty long
journey to America.
While we were on the boat my sister got very ill. She had caught
tuberculosis from some of the other passengers. My mom was very worried
because there was only one doctor in the 3rd class level and he didn't have any
medicine. After a week had gone by my sister was feeling much …show more content…
The first thing we saw as
we arrived was the Statue of Liberty. As we arrived they sent doctors to check us
out before we exited the boat. The doctors only did around 10 second check-ups
for each person. They were just making sure we weren't deathly ill before we
went into Ellis Island. Officers were the next people we saw. They handed us
identity tags that were numbered. After that all of us walked in a path to enter the
intriguing red building.
Once we were inside we had to walk up a large set of stairs. There was
doctors and officers at the top that were watching us as we climbed the stairs. We
had to leave all of our bags in the Baggage Room. They had a concession stand in
there were we could get sandwiches and drinks. They had a chalk board with