On September 11th, 2001 four planes were hi-jacked by 19 members of the Al-Qaeda group. At 8:40 flight number 11 crashed into the north face of the north tower between floors 93 and 99. The plane was flying around 490 mph. Flight number 175 crased into the south tower around 9:03 killing all 65 people on board. Both towers collapsed within to hours damaging other buildings around it. The hijackers weren't done yet. At 9:38 they crashed flight number 77 into the pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. Flight number 93 was turned around and heading towards Washington D.C. They don't know if the plane was heading towards the White House, or the Capital Building. The passengers and flight attendents fought back. They took control of the plane from the hi-jackers. The plane then crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. There was no survivors from any of the flights. There was a total of 2,996 deaths including 19 hi-jackers and 2,977 victims. I think that this was one of the worst days in the United States in along time. What I remember about September 11th, 2001 is going into the hallway and watching the replay of the planes crashing into the buildings, and the buildings smoking. All of the teachers were crying, and i didn't know what was happening. Once again this was one of, if not the worst day in history for the United States. George Bush and the U.S responded by launching the War On Terror by invading Afghanistan. This brought the country together. The democracts and republicans came closer together.
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