On 9/11, there were a series of suicidal acts terrorism by members of Al-Qaeda that greatly affected the millions of citizens of America. What started it all was when 19 Al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commerical passenger jet airlines, crashed two of the planes into the twin towers, the third plane was crashed into the Pentagon, and the fourth plane crashed into a field near the small town of Shanksville, Pennsylvania. On the fourth plane, the passengers succesfully retook the plane from the terrorists and one of the passengers knew how to fly a plane, but didnt have enough time to retake control of the plane so they crashed and every single passenger in the plane ended up dieing. There were nearly 3,000 civilian casualties and also all 19 of the al-Qaeda terrorists died. After the attacks on American soil, we responded by starting the War on Terror. The twin towers were destroyed and have not been rebuilt, but the damage to the pentagon was fixed within the next year. The first plane to hit was the plane that hit the north tower from the north, then the second plane hit the south tower from the south direction. The third plane damaged the pentagon, and the fourth one damaged the fields and the lives of the many people on the plane. I remember hearing about this shortly after it happened, and i was astonished. It is a terrible thing to happen and im just thankful that the fourth plane was recaptured by the civilians and i will always keep the people of flight 93 in my memories of the saviors of the white house.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks
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