Ten years ago the most terrible terrist attack in America happend. I was a kindergarten. I always wanted to know more about this attack and why it happend. I do not remember anything that happend on 9/11/ 2001. I do know that this attack changed our country in a dramatic way.
It was an ordinary September morning. The peaceful morning was about to change. Little did Americans know that when they were driving to work, terriorists are heading to the airports and boarding on fully fueled airplanes that were schedualed to land on the west coast. The first flight to be hijacked, American Airline Fligh wast 11, made a 110 degree turn and headed towards its new destination with a new pilot, a terrist. Before Flight 11 does any damage, another plane was hijacked. This flight, Flight 175, is also full of fuel and is headed for destruction. At 8:46 A.M. disaster happened. The World Trade Center's north tower was crashed into. The plane was crashed into the center of the tower at a speed of over 460 miles per hour and blocked the stair wells. A well thought out plan was executed perfectly.
Panic and confusion spread across the United States. "Was it an accident?" "What is happening?" No accident and we are under attack. In fact, another plane is hijacked and Flight 175 is headed for the south tower. President George W. Bush was told about the attack while he was in a school in Florida. Before Flight 175's destination was reached, a third plane was hijacked. This plane was Flight 77. A little past 9:00 A.M., the second tower was crashed into. At a speed of 590 miles per hour, millions of Americans watched on news channels, the Flight 175 crash into the second World Trade Center. Evacuation of the lower portion of the second tower begins. Before the towers began to fall, the people in the top of the buildings had a choice to make. Some decided to escape the flames by leaping to their deaths. Millions of Americans watched the horror on their televisions. The next disaster hit a little after 9:30 A.M. The Pentagon's west side was crashed into. Back at the twin tower's sight, the second tower is begining to crash to the earth. A cloud of dust and smoke cover the area. Evacuation of the first building increases dramatically. The forth hijacked plane is headed to the Nation's Capital. The White House the next destination on the hijacker's list. Flight 93 wouldn't give up without a fight. They fought and took over the cockpit where the hijackers are. Flight 93 saved the White House. The plane crashed into a field in Pennsyvania. The first tower collapsed later and killed many Americans.
America is under attack. The minds behind the attacks were from Al-Qaeda, an Islamic terrorist group from the Middle East. Osama Bin Laden posted a video after September 11th to tell why the attack was made. He stated that America was responsible for the injustice of his people and he wanted US troops to cease helping Israel because we were killing Muslims. The master mind of the 911 terrist attacks was a man named, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. Mohammed was reponsable for the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993, the failed shoe bomber, and many more attacks to the US and other countries.
Response to the 9/11 attacks was immediate. Fire fighters, police and many other people helped out as soon as possible. President Bush declaired war against the terrorists and terrorism. Presently we are still fighting the war on terrorism. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has been captured and is awaiting prosecution. Osama Bin Laden is dead. US special forces shot and killed Osama Bin Laden in a compound in Pakistan, There are still terrorists that we don't know of yet who want to harm the USA.
I was a 6 year old. While doing research I was surprised to learn how the US airports lacked security and safty precautions. I am surprised that there were attacks before the 9/11. If we knew they are attacking, why didn't we stop them and take more precautions. I am wondering if there will be more terrorist attacks on America. I hope that our country will not be the victoms of future attacks. I find the 911 attack to be interesting, terrifying, and sad. I feel for the almost 3,000 Americans that lost their lives in this terrible tragedy.
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