September 11, 2001
On the overwhelming day of September 11, 2001, many people lost theirlives and their loved ones. A total number of 2,819 people died that
day from the attacks on the World Trade Centers in New York City. Two
of the four jet airliners collided into the twin towers on the morning
of September 11, the first at 8:46 A.M., and the second at 9:03 A.M.
The third plane was flown into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia at
9:37 A.M. The fourth was headed toward Washington D.C. but the
passengers on the plane took control, attempting to redirect the plane
and ended up crashing into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania at
10:03 A.M.
19 al-Qaeda terrorists were responsible in the hijacking of the planes,and all of them were killed during the attacks. The terrorist group,
al-Qaeda, had been planning these attacks since 1996. Their reasons
were because the U.S. was present in Saudi Arabia, we supported Israel,
and the sanctions toward Iraq. After the attacks, the United States
launched the War on Terrorism, which consisted of us going over to
Afghanistan to get rid of the Taliban, the Islamic form of government.
After September 11, 2001, many children were left without parents,mothers and fathers were left without sons and daughters, and many
close friends were lost. Many rescue workers came from other places to
New York to help find bodies in all the ashes and remains of the
buildings, and a ton of blood donations came from all over! Also,
pretty much all of the airports were shut down.
can’t imagine how those people and their families felt! I feel sooo
bad for all of them. I think this was a huge tragedy for the U.S.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks
http://neverforget911.org/statistics.aspx
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