9/11 was a day filled with tears from people in the west coast all the way across the nation to the east coast. It was a day that caused us americans to band together. We we're ungracefully attacked by the ruthless Al-Qaeda. In all, there were 19 hi-jackers that were spread over 4 planes. The first plane hit one of the twin towers. At first it was considered to be an accident of some sort but yet a terrible tragedy. And then minutes later, the second one came along. At that moment, everyone in the U.S. knew that this was no mere accident. It was an intentional bombing of some sort. The streets were total chaos. Every citizen was being evacuated while at the same time ever rescue man or women available was being called in. They entered the world trade center at the cost of knowing they might not make it out alive. But while this was going on, There was an explosion and the pentagon that nobody knew what it was. There was a reporter that was in the pentagon at the time. He immediately brought himself into the audio newsfeed saying that there had been an explosion of some sort in the pentagon. They didn't know if it was a bomb, some technical malfunction, or another plane attack. They soon found out that it was another plane. During all of this all flights in the U.S. were cancelled. All flights that were already in progress were ordered to continue their routes unless it was in the vicinity of New York or Washington D.C. At this point, They thought that this was a three pronged attack. They thought that the twin towers would stay standing and they would rescue most of the people in the buildings. But to their shocking discovery, the second building that was hit collapsed before their very eyes. Everybody was running for cover from the clouds of dust and debris that was flying everywhere. People in the streets were being chased by clouds of smoke and ash and debris. This was a horrific incident. Many people died in the collapsing of the building. but even more died from the smoke and inhalation of foreign objects that should not be in their lungs. 28 minutes after the first tower collapses, the second one follows in its wake. At the fall of this one, people were just plain dumb founded. Nobody know how to react or what to do. Later on, they found out that a fourth plane was headed towards the white house in Washington D.C. but was retaken over by some citizens and crashed somewhere in Pennsylvania. Everybody had already been evacuated from the white house so nobody would have gotten hurt, but it would have been a significant blow to our nation. But at the base of all this destruction, we just tightened our bonding grips with each other and went on to defend this nation against further terrorist operations. I do not remember any of this day but I have been very intrigued by its story so throughout my life, I have researched this in different forms. Throughout my life, I have easily watched over 100 hours of documentary film on this incident and our reactions to it. I have watched and rewatched president George W. Bush's speech at the elementary school where he states that he will not let this kind of treachery stand and that he will make sure the people that did this will not live without fear of the United States of America. Osama Bin Laden and his weak minded Al-Qaeda grunts had no right to attempt to tear our nation down like this. They should have know that if they attack us, we will come back swinging even harder. Forever live, victims of September 11th, 2001. RIP.
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