Ten years ago today was when our great country was attacked. Early on September 11th morning 19 hijackers boarded 4 different planes. At about 8:46 A.M. the first plane Flight 11 was flew into the North World Trade Center by 5 hijackers. At 9:03 eastern time another 5 hijackers flew the second plane Flight 175 into the South World Trade Center. At about 9:37 A.M. five more hijackers took the third plane, Flight 77 into the Pentagon. Around 10:03 the fourth plane Flight 93 was crashed in a Pennsylvania field near Shanksville when the passenger fought back against the four hijackers. Flight 93 was thought to be targeted towards the Capitol or White House in DC. My cousin father-in-law was the pilot of this flight, Jason Dahl. People claim that the hijackers stabbed and killed pilots, flight attendants, and many passengers. The South building collapsed at 9:59 A.M. and the North building collapsed at 10:28 A.M. 2,753 people were killed in New York City that includes people from Flight 175, Flight 11, and World Trade Center victims. There was 184 people were killed in Arlington this includes Pentagon victims and Flight 77. Not as many people were killed at the pentagon because they were remodeling those offices. 40 people were killed at the Shanksville's field. This is a total of 2,977 people who were killed by this terrorist attack. It is believed that Al-Quaeda, Osama Bin Laden, and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed were part of the attack. One of the biggest reason they did this was because they wanted to take us down, and they wanted to take down our financial, military, and government. That is why they hit the World Trade Center (Financial), Pentagon (Military), and tried for White House or Capitol(Government). In response we started to attack Al-Qaeda, put a bounty on Bin Laden, and started getting better security in our airports. My thoughts on this is how could people live with themselves knowing that they killed 2,000 plus lives, and affected 2,000 plus families. For those families their lives will never be the same. My cousin threw marriage Dad was the pilot of Flight 93, I know what it is like to have lost someone you love dearly and how it has affected their lives. But I am still left asking why would anyone do such a thing?
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Was your cousin married before or after 9-11? Did you cousin know him before he died?
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