September 11, 2001 is a time in our history that will never be forgotten, and those who were unrightfully killed will forever be in our hearts. In honor of the 10th Anniversary of the events, I researched the attacks of the horrible day.
19 hijackers from the terrosist group of Al-Qaeda took control of 4 commercial jets flying to San Francisco and Los Angeles from Boston, Newark, and Washington, D.C. early in the morning. From that point on things only got worse. At 8:46 a.m. 5 highjackers crashed Flight 11 of American Airlines into the the North World Trade Center Tower, 17 minutes later, another 5 highjackers crashed United Airlines Flight 175 into the South tower. Further south, at 9:37 5 highjackers crashed American Airlines 77 into the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. and eventually United Airlines Flight 93, hijacked by 4 men crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. This hijacking caused at crash all around the country.
The South Tower collapsed at 9:59 a.m. after burning for 56 minutes, the North Tower collapsed at 10:28 a.m after burning for 102 minutes, and due to the debris from the other two buildings, the 7 World Trade Center building collapsed at 5:21 p.m. after burning for hours. Many other buildings were also damaged in the area which may have eventually been taken down.
Osama Bin Laden, the founder of Al-Qaeda, was the man behind the 9/11 attacks. He believed it was his duty as a Muslim to wage holy war on the United States. Al-Qaeda wanted to destroy Israel and was punishing the United States for supporting Israel.
2,966 people died on that day and as we know, that is way to many. The United States reacted immediately by invading Afghanistan on October 7, 2001, and ever since then our sodiers have been fighting in the middle east.
Being in kindergarten at the time, I don't really remember very much from 9/11/2001. The only thing that I remember is being in the classroom when somone came to tell my teacher about it. She started crying but did not really explain to us what happened and I never really did understand it until I was older. I remember seeing the buildings burning on TV and people jumping out of windows trying to save themselves. I hope now that Bin Laden is dead, we can end this 10 year war and bring home our troops before more of them die.
Today, September 11, 2011, the new Ground Zero memorial in Manhattan was officially opened after a lengthy memorial. Hopefully everyone in this country has taken a moment to remember what happened to pray for those who have lost their lives in this war.
If you would like to see more pictures of the ceremony please visit this link.
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