september 11, 2001 19 terroist aborted individual planes with box cutters knifes and said to be a bomb, in 2001 airline security was minimal and easy to by pass. passengers were commonly asked about tickets and went through series of metal detecters to go off if any metal object bigger than a caliber hand gun if the alarm did go off they would use hand scanners to check the passenger again. passenger bags would be put through x ray detecters so any type of box cutter or knife would be difficult to get on when the terroist to control of the plane passengers used cell phones to call their love ones one passenger said that its like the terroist didnt care that they were useing their phones to call people. at 8:46 american flight 11 crashed into the north tower of the world trait center news spread fast and people were turned on the nearest television to watch the tower up in smoke in flames. curiosity turned to confusion as they watched the second plane crash in to the south tower. shock and horror was in the public minds as they watched both towers go down all a board the planes were killed 56 passengers were killed. all who died in the building is unknown. another plane leaveing dullas feild in washington DC headed toward the pintegon a much closer target the pentagon located in arlington verginia at 9:37 the plane hit the mall side of the building killing 58 passengers and civilians and military personel in teh building. flight 93 was also hijacked the civilians in the plane were scared and called their love ones the terroist didnt even stop them like they didnt care thats how they found out they werent the only plane who been hijacked they said their final goodbyes and went for the terroist they in attempt to throw off the passengers that were trying to pull the terroist from the controls he made the plane rock back and forth and than gave up his attempt to reach his located he rolled the plane into its back screaming mohammed is the greatest into the radio as the plane drove into the ground near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. all aboard were killed. this event struck the united states. as the first multiple hijacking and the first in the world in more than thirty years. airports got more security and a memorial for the ones who lost theirs lifes a annual get together is held every year on the date 9/11
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