On September 11th, 2001, there were a series of suicidal attacks from the al-Queda on the United States. 19 al-Queda terrorists hijacked fourcommercial passenger jet airliners on that morning. They purposely crashed the AmericanAirline Flight 11 into the north side of the north TwinTower at 8:46 a.m., and the second one they crashed into the second TwinTower was United Airlines 175 at 9:03 a.m., killing pretty much everyone on boardand many of the people working in the two buildings. Both of the buildingstumbled to the ground, damaging and destroying buildings nearby within twohours of the impact. The third hijacked plane, the American Airline Flight 77,went into the Pentagon, just outside Washington D.C in Arlington,Virginia at 9:37a.m. The last airliner they took, United Airlines Flight 93, wascrashed by its hijackers and passengers, due to fighting in the cockpit,southeast of Pittsburgh in SomersetCounty, Pennsylvania. The passengersheard about the World TradeCenter and Pentagon crashes ontheir cell phones and three were planning on resisting the hijackers. The 9/11Commission believe that Flight 93 was supposed to hit either the United StatesCapitol building of the White House in Washington D.C. There were no survivorson any of the flights.
Almost 30000 victims and the 19 hijackers were killed in the attacks. 836 responders have died as of June 2009, according to the New York State Health Department. 343 firefighters and 60 police officers from NewYork and the Port Authority are among the 2,752 victimswho died in the attacks on the World TradeCenter. 184 people were killed inthe attacks on the Pentagon. There was only one secondary death of theseattacks: one person died from lung disease due to the dust from the WorldTrade Center’scollapse.
The United States got back at this attack by launching the War on Terror. It invaded Afghanistan to depose the Taliban, who had harbored al-Queda terrorists.
The Pentagon Memorial was built to adjacent to the building after the damage to the Pentagon was cleared and repaired within a year. The rebuilding on the World TradeCenter process has started. A newoffice tower was completed in 2006 on the site of 7 World Trade Center. The 1 WorldTrade Centeris currently under construction at the site. It will be complete in 2013 andwill be one of the tallest buildings in America.
I remember being in the first grade, when my teacher was Mrs. Anderson. She was teaching us Religion class that morning when we heard the news. The whole school did the Pledge of Allegiance. I didn’t understandmuch at the time.
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