On September 11, 2001 four US planes were hijacked by terrorist of Al-Qaeda. The hijackers had the intentions of flying these planes into four important location around the US. The first plane was flown into one of the two twin towers early that morning. About fifteen minutes later as everyone watched in terror another plane was flown into the other tower and left to crubble. Thousands of people died in those towner and left the nation wonder what was coming next.
In the middle of all the panic people started wondering about other planes that could be out to cause harm. They didn't have to wait long because at 9:30 a hijacked plane was flown into the pentagon trapping and killing 125 workers. The last flight was hijacked and heading toward the white house. The famous flight 93 managed to, after several phone calls and lots of courage, over throw the terrorist and take the plane down in a corn field in pennsylvania. Although there were no survivors the passangers on this plane are considered heros. Even though they never got to see it, they saved a lot of people that day but giving there own life.
Being in only first grade the details of 9/11 aren't the best, but what I do remember is crystal clear. We were in the middle of class when our teacher was asked to step into the hallway. After a few minutes she returned but seemed really on edge, but didn't say anything to us. When we returned from recess our teacher tried to explain to us as best she could that our nation had been attacked that we were going to skip our classes for the rest of the day and watch the news. The sight of those two huge buildings catching fire and the black smoke filling the sky didn't really mean much to me at the time, I didn't see the bug deal. When I got home my parents were glued to the tv for the entire night, I watched those two buildings collapse at least 100 times that night and its importance sank in. The next few days at school were spent talking about 9/11 and what was going to become of our country. The future of America was made pretty clear by our president at the time, George W. Bush but this quote "Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended. Every nation in every region now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists"
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