9/11 was a terrorist attack by the group al-Qaeda. It was organized by Osama bin Laden. They hijacked four planes and crashed them into major buildings because US troops were in Saudi Arabia after the Gulf War, and America supported Israel.
They crashed two of them into the World Trade Center's towers, destroying them, damaging nearby buildings, and killing 2606 people. They attempted to crash two more into the Pentagon but one of them crashed into the ground near Shanksville, Pennsylvania after the passengers fought back, killing 40 people. The other one did crash into the Pentagon, killing 125 people.
After the attacks, we sent troops to Afghanistan to eliminate al-Qaeda. In 2011, bin Laden was killed in his compound there.
I don't remember anything about the day of the attacks, because I was only 2 years old when they happened. After the attacks, I think I went with my uncle, who is in the Air Force, to see Air Force One land in Omaha at Offutt AFB.
I think that it was smart to increase airport security after the attacks, and I hope something like this won't happen again soon.
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Good but brief overall.