On a normal cloudless day, a perfect September morning, something would happen that would forever change the United States. September 11, 2001 was a very horrifying day. I was in first grade and I don’t remember much besides teachers being worried. That morning at 8:46 am, a plane struck the north twin tower in New York City. The south twin tower was struck at 9:03. The world trade centers were 110 stories high. Unfortunately on 9/11 four planes were hijacked by suicide bombers. Two of them hit the twin towers and the other hit the pentagon and the other crashed in Pennsylvania.
The terrists hijacked from American airline flight 11 and crashed it into the northern facade of the north tower, impacting between the 93rd and 99th floors. Seventeen minutes later, a second team of terrorists crashed the similarly hijacked American airline flight 175 into the south tower, impacting between the 77th and 85th floors. Although the south tower's floors of impact were lower, a smaller number, less than 700, were killed instantly or trapped. At 9:59 a.m., the south tower collapsed. North tower collapsed at 10:28 a.m., after burning for approximately 102 minutes. Ultimately, 2,752 death certificates were filed relating to the 9/11 attacks.
The reason I found out why the terrists crashed the plane was because they didn’t like all the freedom we got. They didn’t feel like we deserved it, another reason it was caused it cause of our capitalism. The terrists weren't carrying anything through the Airport security was looking for. They used sharp objects instead of guns and bombs which is why you can no longer carry sharp objects through security Mirror, knives etc. On the first plane they killed the pilot and the flight attendants were worried because they weren’t getting any response from the pilots. Eventually the terrists on the first plane sent out a message which they thought would just be out to the people on the plane. It turned out being broadcasted over the intercom to the airport. The flight attendants were doing everything they could to get help but nothing could’ve been done. The debrief from the towers falling was unbearable for the citizens. There was no way you could breathe while you were outside in Manhattan. About just as many people died from the debrief, to the people who died in the towers.
Personally i think that this whole thing was a horrific incident. Im more that sure this couldve been settled differently. And my prayers go out to all those families who lost loved ones, and to the brave people who stood up and tried to do something on those planes, and to all the fire fighters isking there lives for others.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Center
http://americanhistory.about.com/od/terroris1/p/wtc_September11.htm
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