The dreadful day of September 11, 2001 is a terrifying day that none of our generation will forget. The second Tuesday of September was a series of four coordinated suicide attacks on New York City and the Pentagon. The attacks were carried out by a group of 19 al-Qaeda members. That morning the group of terrorists hijacked American Airlines Flight 11, United Airlines Flight 175, Americans Airlines flight 77, and Airlines Flight 93. (Two Boeings 757 and two Boeings 767) The American airlines flight 11 and the United Airlines 175 crashed into the Twin Towers. The other American Airlines flight crashed into the Pentagon and the other United Airlines plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. The intent of United Airlines Flight 93 is not entirely known, but most do believe that they were heading for the Capital Building.
At 8:46 AM the American Airline Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower of the Twin Towers. When many people found out about this even some believe it was an accident. But only a few minutes later Americans were watching their TV sets as they watch in horror to find out the fate of America. Only 17 minutes later United Airlines Flight 175 flew straight into the South Tower. And that was the moment in all Americans mind when they realized this was not a freak accident. These “accidents” had a purpose, and that purpose was to destroy America at the core. Complete and utter fear shook America and brought many to tears. Almost instantly New York City was just evacuated. At 9:37 AM American Airlines Flight 77 plummeted from the sky and crashed into the Pentagon. And America was under attack. At 10:03 AM United Airlines Flight 93 crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Some were confused that a small field was the final attack on American, but soon it came out that the passengers and crew of the flight took the plane back from the hijackers and the only safe place to attempt to land the plane was in the field. Many people do believe that it was heading for the Capital Building, but others believe it was the headed for the White House. Because there were no survivors of the plane crash nobody will ever know Flight 93’s plan.
It wasn’t until 9:59 AM when the South Tower of the World Trade Center finally collapsed and another almost half hour at 10:28 AM when the North Tower fell. The estimated deaths were almost 3,000 people and around 6,000 injured. Al-Qaeda (an Islamic extremist group) was soon to blame, and its leader Osama bin Laden. In 1998 bin Laden declared holy war against the United States signed a fatwa, calling for the killing of Americans. This was the attack of holy war that bin Laden was calling for, and he got it. Soon after American troops bombarded Iraq and Afghanistan, searching for the leaders of the 9/11 attack and the leaders of al-Qaeda. Khalid Sheik Mohammed was arrested in 2002 for his involvement in the 9/11 attacks. He was also the person who led the attacks on the World Trade Center in 1993 when a truck filled with bombs parked under the tower and blew up. But it wasn’t until May 1, 2011 when American forces entered Osama bin laden compound in Abbottabad Pakistan and killed him.
I personally do not remember most of that day, but I do remember some. When the planes hit I was in pre-K , my mom was actually my teacher. But three days before the attack she gave birth to my younger sister and she wasn’t back to work yet. The parts that I do know are my pre-k teacher getting a call early in the morning and she started crying. She said everything was fine even though we all knew it wasn’t when we went home early. It was a tragic day eleven years ago. Some might say that we handle the situation wrong, but I can say I am happy with America’s comeback to the attack and now the leader is dead. We are still building the ground zero memorial in New York City and someday I will hopefully be able to see it in person.
Pentagon's lawn after the plane crashes into it.
This is one of the most frightening photos that came out of the attacks. It is known as the falling man. He has never been identified and it captures the panic and fear in all America.
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yeahh i do have two pictures it even shows up on my computer i can show it to you at some point in time..
Maybe you did have two pics and one didn't show up?
Good job!! Be sure to always have two pictures however.