On September 11, 2001 our country was put into great danger by being attacked by 19 terrorists. I was in first grade when this happened, so I didn't really know what was going on for sure, but as i got older things started to make a lot more sense. I started to realize why everyone was so upset and scared.
Back then in 2001 New York City had two of the tallest buildings in America. They were known as the Twin Towers. Then at 8:46 a.m. all that changed. Four of our commercial passenger jet airlines were hijacked by 19 al-Qaede terrorists. Two of those planes crashed into World Trade Center, also known as the Twin Towers. Everybody on those two planes were killed, including the terriorists who hijacked them, and many of the people working inside the two bulidings. Some people even died from a lung disease due to all the dust from the collapsing towers. Within two hours the two bulidings were gone. It destroyed buildings that were near by and damaged many others.
The Third and Fourth planes were going towards Washington D.C. One of them didn't quite make it there. It crashed in a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania killing everybody on board. The other one crashed into the Pentagon, which in the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense located in Arlington, Virginia. Everybody on that plane also died.
2,752 victims died and 19 hijackers. More then 6,000 people were injured. I personally don't understand how people could be so cruel. It's horrible thinking of all the people who lost their loved ones over religious beliefs.
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